COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



Learning From Hurricane Fran 



When Hurricane Fran hit North 

 Carolina's southern beaches in Septem- 

 ber 1996, intense winds and storm 

 surges changed the face of the barrier 

 islands and inlets and destroyed many 

 homes and businesses. A new scientific 

 understanding of coastal processes and 

 an increased focus on management and 

 policy are positive legacies of the storm 

 and will provide 

 guidance for how we 

 live on barrier islands 

 in the future. 



Last year, two 

 special episodes 

 ofUNC-TV's 

 science series 

 I.Q. explained 

 Hurricane Fran's 

 impacts and the 

 knowledge gained in 

 the storm's aftermath. Now, UNC-TV 

 and North Carolina Sea Grant have 

 developed educational videos based on 

 the programs along with a curriculum 

 booklet, Barrier Islands and Hurricane 

 Fran: An Educational Guide for the 

 UNC-TV Videos Hurricane Fran: The 

 Science Behind the Storm and Hurri- 

 cane Fran: Lessons Learned. Written by 



Lundie Spence, Sea Grant's coastal 

 education specialist, and Sandy Burk, an 

 education consultant, the guide offers 

 activities, resources and more. 



The N.C. Division of Coastal 

 Management has provided funding to 

 distribute free hurricane curriculum 

 packets to coastal educators and 

 decision-makers. However, a limited 

 number are 

 available to the 

 general public. 

 Packets 

 include the 

 two 26-minute 

 videos, the 

 guide,aWTVD-ll 

 hurricane tracking 

 guide and a reprint 

 of the January/ 

 February 1997 

 Coastwatch article "After the Storm: 

 How Hurricanes Reshape Beaches and 

 Building Standards." 



The packet costs $20, including 

 postage and handling. To order, send 

 your check, made out to N.C. Sea Grant, 

 to North Carolina Sea Grant, Box 8605, 

 NC State University, Raleigh, NC 

 27695-8605. □ 



NOAA Recognizes Coastal Heroes 



Kri stopher Pickler, a North 

 Carolina student and Knauss Fellowship 

 recipient, has been lauded as a national 

 coastal hero. 



The Walter B. Jones and NOAA 

 Excellence Awards of Coastal and 

 Resource Management recognize people 

 and organizations whose hard work and 

 dedication are vital to solving the 

 nation's coastal problems. 



Pickler, a student at Duke 

 University's Nicholas School of the 

 Environment, was one of four students 

 nationwide recognized as an outstanding 

 student of coastal and marine graduate 

 study. He received the award in part for 



his work at North Carolina Sea Grant 

 with legal specialist Walter Clark on a 

 research project examining the state's 

 public trust conflicts. His experience, 

 coupled with work for South Carolina's 

 coastal management program, has given 

 him firsthand familiarity with the 

 environmental and human elements of 

 coastal issues. 



The award is named for Congress- 

 man Jones, who represents District 3 in 

 North Carolina. Jones has served on the 

 House Merchant Marine and Fisheries 

 Committee and has worked on coastal 

 legislation for many years. □ 



Total Landings 

 Increased 

 in 1997 



Fishers who net menhaden, 

 king mackerel and sea mullet 

 pulled in more fish in the first half 

 of 1 997 than in the same period 

 of 1996. Preliminary data from 

 the N.C. Division of Marine 

 Fisheries indicate that landings of 

 many species were up from 

 January to June. Shellfish landings 

 overall showed no marked 

 change, and some species — such 

 as summer flounder — declined. 

 Figures below are in pounds. □ 



Species 1996 



1997 



• Atlantic herring. 





526,770 



100,372 



• clams: 





421,058 



329,709 



• croaker: 





5,645,213 



6,970,877 



• dogfish shark: 





9,669,096 



6,876,963 



• king mackerel: 



304,272 



816,062 



• menhaden: 



7,523,813 



30,414,063 



• oysters: 





105,290 



117,272 



• sea mullet: 



219,349 



580,859 



• southern flounder: 





355,768 



552,966 



• summer flounder: 





4,202,995 



1,471,917 



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