includes most of the navigable waters 

 in the state. North Carolina's citizens 

 have the right to use the water for 

 recreational purposes such as boating, 

 skiing and swimming or for commer- 

 cial purposes such as shrimping or 

 fishing. 



Conflicts arise with public trust 

 rights because more people want to ex- 

 ercise their rights on the waters, says 

 Clark. For example, a commercial 

 fisherman who has set a net in a 

 waterway may be interfering with 

 someone's boating or skiing. 



If you are involved in such a conflict 

 or would like to know more about 

 public trust rights, write Clark at 

 UNC Sea Grant, Box 8605, NCSU, 

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

 919/737-2454. 



The future of marine 

 and aquatic science may 

 be in good hands, thanks 

 to teachers who super- 

 vised students par- 

 ticipating in the 1984 

 "World of Water" com- 

 petition. The competition, sponsored 

 by the National Marine Education 

 Association, awards 20 students for 

 science projects focusing on marine af- 

 fairs. "World of Water" is designed to 

 promote the career potential in marine 

 and aquatic fields. 



Lundie Spence, UNC Sea Grant's 

 education specialist, and Dr. Jack 

 Wheatley of the Division of Science 

 Education at North Carolina State 

 University, have received a grant from 



the National Science Foundation to 

 recognize these educators. Wheatley 

 also will study the methods the 

 teachers used to influence students' at- 

 titudes toward research projects. 



As part of the recognition activities, 

 the teachers will participate in the 

 National Youth Conference on Marine 

 and Aquatic Science in Washington, 

 D.C., September 10 and 11. They also 

 will attend Oceans '84, a major 

 oceanographic conference also being 

 held in the nation's capital. 



Spence hopes that teachers at- 

 tending these conferences will learn 

 about new trends in marine science 

 and take them back to their 

 classrooms. 



Soft shell crabbing can be 

 profitable. But some soft shell crabbers 

 have experienced high mortality rates 

 among the crabs in their holding tanks, 

 cutting down on their profits. Some 

 researchers thought the crabs died 

 because of microbial infections caused 

 by improper handling or poor water 

 quality in the holding tanks. 



But Robert Sizemore, a biologist at 

 the University of North Carolina at 

 Wilmington, has some different ideas. 

 Using UNC Sea Grant mini-grant 

 funds, Sizemore will study "peeler" 

 crabs. He thinks that crab mortality 

 may be caused by a bacteria that exists 

 in normal healthy crabs. But when the 

 crabs are stressed under holding condi- 

 tions, the bacteria may develop into 

 acute infections that cause death. 



If Sizemore's predictions prove 

 correct, he may be able to develop 

 techniques that will minimize crab 

 mortality. 



Jeff Johnson, an anthropologist at 

 ECU's Institute for Coastal and 

 Marine Resources, received a mini- 

 grant to study the movement of com- 

 mercial fishermen and vessels among 

 Atlantic coastal states. Michael Or- 

 bach, also of ECU, will assist Johnson 

 on the project. 



Whether they're fishing for scallops, 

 shrimp, bluefish or mackerel, North 

 Carolina fishermen are sure to go 

 where the catch is best. Johnson and 

 Orbach will study the migratory pat- 

 terns of fishermen along the Atlantic 

 coast, the interdependence that migra- 

 tion creates among coastal states, and 

 the implications for fishery manage- 

 ment and policy. 



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. 7, August, 1984. Dr. B.J. 

 Copeland, director. Kathy Hart, 

 editor. Nancy Davis and Sarah Fri- 

 day, staff writers. Second-class postage 

 paid at Raleigh, NC 27611. 



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