Get out your camera. 

 It's time to start 

 shooting for the Bogue 

 Banks Photography 

 Competition. North 

 Carolina photographers 

 can enter their best color 

 and black-and-white prints depicting 

 the beauty of the North Carolina 

 coast — including plants, animals and 

 natural scenes. In a new category, 

 photos may depict any aspect of life in 

 coastal North Carolina. 



The competition is sponsored by the 

 Marine Resources Center at Bogue 

 Banks, the Carteret County Arts 

 Council, Branch Banking and Trust 

 Company, and the N.C. Marine 

 Education and Resources Foundation. 



Entries will be accepted June 1-3 at 

 the Marine Resources Center at Bogue 

 Banks. Complete rules are available by 

 writing Marine Resources Cen- 

 ter/Bogue Banks, Atlantic Beach, 

 N.C. 28512, or by calling 919/247- 

 4004. 



They've been popular 

 in Europe for years. 

 Now, they're catching 

 on in America. What is 

 this European invasion? 

 It's the bed and 

 breakfast home. More 

 Americans are making a profit on un- 

 used rooms by turning their homes 

 into bed and breakfast lodging. But, 

 Rich Novak, Sea Grant's recreation 

 specialist in Manteo, says there are 

 some things to consider before opening 

 your home to strangers. That's why he 



has written a booklet, Opening a Bed 

 and Breakfast. 



The booklet describes the invest- 

 ments, regulations, reservation and 

 scheduling system, and rate structure 

 a prospective bed and breakfast owner 

 should consider before making his or 

 her home a bed and breakfast business. 

 For a copy of Opening a Bed and 

 Breakfast, write UNC Sea Grant. Ask 

 for UNC-SG-84-03. The cost is $1. 



Leon Abbas, UNC Sea Grant's 

 coastal recreational specialist and 

 marine economist, has resigned. 

 Abbas, who has been with the program 

 since August 1977, is leaving to enter 

 private business. His resignation is ef- 

 fective June 30. 



The North Carolina 

 coast offers some of the 

 best saltwater fishing be- 

 tween Maine and 

 Florida. The nearby 

 Gulf Stream attracts a 

 wide variety of fish to 

 challenge the angler. Many people who 

 don't own seaworthy vessels par- 

 ticipate in offshore fishing by taking a 

 day trip on a charter boat or headboat. 

 A charter boat is a vessel that is rented 

 by groups of up to six people. Head- 

 boats, which are larger vessels, can of- 

 ten accommodate up to 125 people. 

 Generally, reservations are required 

 for charter boats and may also be 

 necessary for headboats. 



To help anglers locate a charter boat 

 or headboat for their fishing expedi- 



tions, UNC Sea Grant, the National 

 Marine Fisheries Service and the N.C. 

 Division of Travel and Tourism have 

 put together a list of most of the char- 

 ter boats and headboats operating 

 along the North Carolina coast. The 

 listing provides the name of the boat, 

 the captain, the docking location and a 

 telephone number for making reserva- 

 tions. 



For a copy of this free brochure, 

 write UNC Sea Grant. Ask for "A 

 Listing of Charter Boats and Head- 

 boats in North Carolina." 



If you're a property owner along a 

 North Carolina river or sound, you 

 may have some rights you didn't know 

 about. They're called riparian rights. 

 Walter Clark, Sea Grant's coastal law 

 specialist, says that one of the most 

 recognized riparian rights is the right 

 of access to deep water. Clark has writ- 

 ten a blueprint, Riparian Rights: 

 What Are They? What Are Their 

 Limits? If you'd like a free copy of the 

 publication, write UNC Sea Grant. 

 Ask for UNC-SG-BP-84-1. 



Coastwatch is published monthly 

 except July and December by the Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina Sea Grant 

 College Program, 105 1911 Building, 

 North Carolina State University, Box 

 8605, Raleigh, NC 27695-8605. Vol. 

 11, No. 4, April, 1984. Dr. B.J. 

 Copeland, director. Kathy Hart, 

 editor. Nancy Davis, staff writer. 

 Second-class postage paid at Raleigh, 

 NC 27611. 



