Coastwatch 



Managing Editor 

 Katie Mosher 



Senior Editors 

 Ann Green 

 Pam Smith 



Contributing Editor 

 Cynthia Henderson Vega 



Designer 

 L. Noble 



Circulation Manager 

 Sandra Harris 



The North Carolina Sea Grant College 

 Program is a federal/state program that 

 promotes the wise use of our coastal and 

 marine resources through research, extension 

 and education. It joined the National Sea Grant 

 College Network in 1970 as an institutional 

 program. Six years later, it was designated a 

 Sea Grant College. Today, North Carolina Sea 

 Grant supports several research projects, 

 a 1 2-member extension program and a 

 communications staff. Ron Hodson is director. 

 The program is funded by the U.S. Department 

 of Commerce's National Oceanic and 

 Atmospheric Administration and the state 

 through the University of North Carolina. 

 Coastwatch (ISSN 1068-784X) 

 is published six times a year by the 

 North Carolina Sea Grant College Program, 

 North Carolina State University, Box 8605. 

 Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8605. 

 Telephone: 919/515-2454. Fax: 919/515-7095. 

 Subscriptions are $15. 

 E-mail: kmosher@unity.ncsu.edu. 

 World Wide Web address: 

 http://www.ncsu.edu/seagrant 

 Periodical Postage paid at Raleigh. N.C. 



POSTMASTER: Send address changes to 



Coastwatch, North Carolina Sea Grant, 

 North Carolina State University, Box 8605. 

 Raleigh, NC 27695-8605. 



North Carolina 



Front cover photo ofHatteras island 

 Fishing Pier at Rodanthe 

 by Michael Halminski. 

 Table of contents photo ofMasonboro 

 Island by Scott D. Taylor. 

 Printed on recycled paper. ® 



COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



Dive into Seas 2000 



The deep blue sea long has had a 

 special attraction. And this fall, the Seas 

 2000 Scuba Expo will draw underwater 

 enthusiasts of all kinds to Raleigh. 



The show — which organizers hope 

 will become an annual event — will be 

 Oct. 14-15 at the North Raleigh Hilton 

 Convention Center on Wake Forest Road. 



The nearly 50 exhibits — including 

 North Carolina Sea Grant — will delight 

 divers, snorkelers, and anyone interested 

 in the aquatic environment. Activities will 

 include the chance to try scuba in the hotel 

 pool, an underwater photography contest, 



diving seminars, a film festival, a silent 

 auction of scuba equipment, and children's 

 seminars. 



Daily admission will be $10 for adults 

 and $5 for children under 1 2. Discount 

 tickets will be available in advance from 

 the Triangle area dive shops, which are 

 sponsoring the expo along with the N.C. 

 Association of Dive Operators. 



For updates and more information, 

 contact your local dive shop, or please 

 check the Web at www.seas-expo.com, 

 or e-mail Carri Owens-St.Germain at 

 seas@ipass.net. — K.M. 



In the Next Issue of Coastwatch 



M ore and more women are enjoying the excitement of fishing tourna- 

 ments, as Ann Green finds out when she goes along with some first-class 

 competitors. And she'll see how such anglers are changing the face of an 

 industry. Meanwhile, Pam Smith examines water woes facing many coastal 

 communities. Water quality, quantity and wastewater disposal pose both 

 scientific and political questions. 



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