write Sea Grant for the free publica- 

 tion, Storms, People and Property. 

 Ask for UNC-SG-78-15. For tips on 

 how to prepare for a hurricane, Sea 

 Grant has a free blueprint, Hurricane 

 Safety Checklist. Ask for UNC-SG- 

 BP-82-3. 



Frank Thomas, Director of Sea 

 Grant's Seafood Lab in Morehead 

 City, and Joyce Taylor, Sea Grant's 

 marine advisory agent at the lab, have 

 revised and updated An Annotated 

 Bibliography on Mechanically 

 Separated Fin fish and Crustacea 

 Meats. The new version contains more 

 than five times the number of entries 

 as the original publication. The revi- 

 sion, sponsored by Sea Grant, the 

 Alaska Fisheries Foundation and the 

 N.C. Agricultural Extension Service, 

 provides an up-to-date listing of the 

 literature available on mechanically 

 deboned finfish and Crustacea meats, 

 as well as surimi. For a copy of the 

 book, write Sea Grant and ask for 

 UNC-SG-84-02. The cost is $4. 



Jim Easley, UNC Sea Grant's 

 marine economics specialist, and Sea 

 Grant advisory economists from other 

 states have formed a committee on 

 financial management for commercial 

 fishermen. The economists will be 

 assembling a resource manual describ- 

 ing various financial programs which 

 commercial fishermen can use in their 

 decision-making. 



/ \ Unc Sea Grant has 

 been providing its 

 If ' ^W W H technical expertise at a 

 ft ^"Pwj series of public meetings 

 V*\ J on water Quality. In 



nJIII' Us March, the com- 

 missioners of Dare, 

 Tyrrell, Hyde, Washington, Beaufort, 

 Pamlico and Carteret counties held a 

 workshop on water quality issues of 

 the Pamlico peninsula. Sea Grant and 

 the N.C. Agricultural Extension Ser- 

 vice provided the technical assistance 

 for the workshop. Sea Grant researcher 

 Wayne Skaggs presented some facts on 

 land drainage and Director B.J. 

 Copeland responded with some 

 answers from Sea Grant research. 

 Wayne Wescott, Sea Grant's marine 

 advisory agent in Manteo, presented 

 the concerns of the fishermen. 



In April, Sea Grant researchers par- 

 ticipated in a seminar on coastal water 

 management issues sponsored by the 

 N.C. Department of Natural 

 Resources and Community Develop- 

 ment. Copeland gave an overview of 

 estuaries and some of the complex 

 problems facing the state's coastal 

 water systems. And several Sea Grant 

 researchers provided an update of uni- 

 versity research. 



Wayne Wescott, Sea Grant's 

 marine advisory agent in Manteo, will 

 present a series of workshops in June 

 and July on recreational shrimping. 

 The sessions will cover all the basics of 

 what it takes to catch your own meal 



of shrimp. For a schedule of the 

 workshops, call Wescott at 919/473- 

 3937. 



Wescott also has written a 

 Blueprint, Recreational Shrimping: 

 Nets, Doors and Power, which 

 provides some tips for rigging a boat 

 for shrimping. For a free copy, write 

 Sea Grant. Ask for UNC-SG-83-2. 



Joyce Taylor, Sea Grant's marine 

 advisory agent at the NCSU Seafood 

 Laboratory in Morehead City, has 

 prepared a colorful 17-by-22-inch 

 poster depicting the seasonal 

 availability of North Carolina 

 seafoods. The chart is based on North 

 Carolina commercial landing statistics 

 from recent years and is intended as a 

 guide for buying fresh fish and 

 shellfish. For a single free copy of the 

 poster, write UNC Sea Grant. Ask for 

 UNC-SG-84-04. 



Coastwatch is published monthly 

 except July and December by the Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina Sea Grant 

 College Program, 105 1911 Building, 

 Box 8605, North Carolina State Uni- 

 versity, Raleigh, NC 27695-8605. Vol. 

 11, No. 5, May, 1984. Dr. B.J. 

 Copeland, director. Kathy Hart, 

 editor. Nancy Davis, staff writer. 

 Second-class postage paid at Raleigh, 

 NC 27611. 



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