Jim Bahen, the UNC Sea Grant 

 marine advisory agent at Ft. Fisher, is 

 testing a hypothesis. He thinks that if 

 the webbing of a gill net is dyed dark 

 colors, it may catch more fish than the 

 typical white webbed net. He believes 

 that the darker webbing may blend 

 better with the water and delay the 

 net's detection by fish. 



Bahen has dyed half of a 100-yard 

 gill net dark green and the other half 

 dark blue to test his theory. Keep an 

 eye on the Back Page for his results. 



Xyre Lanier, a UNC Sea Grant 

 researcher in the NCSU Food Science 

 Department, is the 1984 recipient of 

 the Earl P. McFee Award. Lanier was 

 cited for his work in surimi research 

 and "for excellence in the field of 

 fishery technology." 



Surimi, a minced fish product, can 

 be used in restructured seafood 

 products. For the consumer, Lanier's 

 research may mean a fish product high 

 in food value but low in cost. 



The award was presented at the 

 29th Atlantic Fisheries Technological 

 Conference in Wilmington in August. 



Wayne Wescott, UNC Sea Grant's 

 marine advisory agent on Roanoke 

 Island, and Frank Thomas, project 

 director for UNC Sea Grant's work at 

 the NCSU Seafood Laboratory in 



Morehead City, were two of 11 

 recipients awarded Outstanding Ex- 

 tension Awards by North Carolina 

 State University. 



Wescott was rewarded for his efforts 

 in establishing a more productive and 

 lucrative soft-shell crab industry in 

 coastal North Carolina. And Thomas 

 received his commendation for his con- 

 tributions toward developing a seafood 

 processing industry in the state. 



farmers do their har- 

 vesting underwater. 

 They grow clams, 

 oysters and other 

 shellfish for food and 

 profit. Shellfish farming, 



or aquaculture, can be productive in 

 North Carolina. But before cultivating 

 your first crop, know the rules govern- 

 ing shellfishing. 



North Carolina law requires that 

 anyone using state submerged bot- 

 tomlands for aquaculture must obtain 

 a lease from the N.C. Division of 

 Marine Fisheries. Other laws protect 

 natural shellfish beds, public trust 

 rights and riparian rights and prohibit 

 use of polluted waters. 



For more information on shellfish 

 aquaculture laws, write UNC Sea 

 Grant for a new publication, 

 Shellfishing, North Carolina's 



Aquaculture Regulations. Written 

 by Walter Clark, Sea Grant's coastal 

 law specialist, the book explains shell- 

 fishing regulations and provides check- 

 lists for lease, license and permit re- 

 quirements for harvesting different 

 species of shellfish. 



To receive a copy of this booklet, 

 ask for publication UNC-SG-84-06. 

 The cost is $1. 



Joye Stephenson will replace Elaine 

 Murray as UNC Sea Grant Director 

 B.J. Copeland's administrative 

 secretary. Murray left after six years 

 at Sea Grant to join a new firm in 

 Apex. Stephenson comes from the 

 NCSU Civil Engineering Department. 

 She's been with the university for 11 

 years. 



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. 9, October, 1984. Dr. B.J. 

 Copeland director. Kathy Hart, 

 editor. Nancy Davis and Sarah Friday 

 staff writers. Second-class postage paid 

 at Raleigh, NC 27611. 



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