THE BACK PAGE 



"The Back Page" is an update 

 on Sea Grant activities — on 

 research, marine education and 

 advisory services. It's also a good 

 place to find out about meetings , 

 workshops and new publications. 

 For more information on any of 

 the projects described , contact the 

 Sea Grant offices in Raleigh 

 (919/737-2454). 



In one Manteo 

 classroom, high school 

 students are learning 

 how to hang a gill net, 

 build a crab pot and dig 

 for clams. Marine oc- 

 cupations is the course. 

 And the students enrolled may be 

 tomorrow's fishermen, boatbuilders 

 and charter boat captains. 



In the classroom, the students learn 

 about oceanography, marine biology, 

 first aid and boat safety. Outside of the 

 classroom, they learn by doing. "We'd 

 like to say we probably spend at least 

 sixty percent of the time somewhere 

 out on the water or out on the beach," 

 says Algie Campbell, the marine oc- 

 cupations instructor at Manteo High 

 School. 



Students learn firsthand how to 

 trawl for shrimp, read a depth recorder 

 and angle for marlin. "Now I can hang 

 a net, and fish with nets and do com- 

 mercial fishing if I like," says Tammy 

 Holton, a 17-year-old student in the 

 class. 



Lundie Spence, UNC Sea Grant's 

 marine education specialist, says more 

 coastal high schools are adding marine 

 occupations to their curriculum. If you 

 would like more information about 

 marine occupations courses, contact 

 Spence at UNC Sea Grant, Box 8605, 

 Raleigh, N.C. 27695-8605. Or call, 

 919/737-2454. 



Sam Thomas, UNC Sea Grant's 

 Seafood Specialist at the NCSU 

 Seafood Laboratory in Morehead City, 

 will conduct a blue crab pasteurization 



workshop for industry members on 

 May 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the 

 seafood laboratory. Thomas will pre- 

 sent the basic principles of pasteuriza- 

 tion, including the most up-to-date 

 techniques. He'll also cover regulation 

 requirements and provide guidance in 

 setting up quality control in a crab 

 plant. 



For more information, call Thomas 

 at 919/726-7341 or write NCSU 

 Seafood Laboratory, P.O. Drawer 

 1137, Morehead City, North Carolina 

 28557. 



Xhose slender, dark, 

 worm-like creatures 

 wiggling their way up 

 North Carolina's coastal 

 rivers are elvers or baby 

 eels. UNC Sea Grant 

 collects the wild elvers to 

 stock ponds at the Aquaculture 

 Research and Demonstration Center 

 in Aurora. But this year, the program 

 needs some help locating the elusive 

 elvers. 



Randy Rouse, UNC Sea Grant's 

 aquaculture advisory agent, says the 

 elvers usually accumulate behind dams 

 or spillways — any place that stops 

 their upstream migration. And he 

 adds, that they're usually most visible 

 in the early morning or late evening. 



If you see a large concentration of 

 elvers, call Rouse at 919/322-4054. 



UNC Sea Grant and the N.C. 

 Marine Resources Center on Roanoke 

 Island are sponsoring a recreational 

 boat show May 12 and 13 at the center 

 in Manteo. The show will feature a 

 complete selection of recreational 

 boats and accessories, with an 

 emphasis on sailing. Educational 

 programs on topics such as boater 

 safety, first aid, hypothermia and boat 

 maintenance will be offered in con- 

 junction with the show. 



For more information, contact Rich 

 Novak at 919/473-3937 or write 

 Novak at P.O. Box 699, Manteo, N.C. 

 27954. 



M ore lawyers today 

 find themselves repre- 

 senting clients on en- 

 vironmental law issues. 

 But because of its 

 newness and complexity, 

 some lawyers find them- 

 selves struggling to represent their 

 clients adequately. 



That's why UNC Sea Grant, the In- 

 stitute of Government and the North 

 Carolina Bar Foundation decided to 

 sponsor a conference that would ac- 

 quaint attorneys with the many facets 

 of environmental law. The conference 

 will be held May 18 and 19 at the 

 Marriott Hotel in Raleigh. 



The topics to be addressed at the 

 conference are: common law remedies 

 for environment degradation, ad- 

 ministrative procedure and environ- 

 mental law, water quality, water use 

 rights and conflicts, local planning and 

 zoning, and development in environ- 

 mentally sensitive areas. 



For more information about the con- 

 ference, contact Walter Clark at UNC 

 Sea Grant, Box 8605, Raleigh, N.C. 

 27695-8605. Or call, 919/737-2454. 



The Rachel Carson 

 National Estuarine 

 Sanctuary will be 

 dedicated April 22 at the 

 Duke University Marine 

 Laboratory on Pivers 

 Island overlooking the 

 sanctuary site. The Rachel Carson 

 Sanctuary is the first site to be 

 dedicated in the N.C. National Es- 

 tuarine Sanctuary System, a multiple- 

 site system that is part of the National 

 Estuarine Sanctuary Program. The 

 sanctuaries will provide a natural field 

 laboratory for public and scientific 

 study and preserve one of our nation's 

 most valuable ecosystems. 



The public is invited to the dedica- 

 tion. For more information, contact 

 Kathy Henderson at the Office of 

 Coastal Management in Raleigh 

 (919/733-2293). 



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