c oastwatch 



Coastwatch Staff: 



Kathy Hart, Managing Editor 

 Jeannie Fans and Carla B. Burgess, 



Senior Editors and Writers 

 L. Noble, Designer 

 Sandra Harris, Circulation Manager 



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, N.C. Sea Grant 

 supports several research projects, a 

 12-member extension program and three 

 communicators. B.J. Copeland 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 bimonthly, six times a year, 

 for $12 by the North Carolina Sea Grant 

 College Program, Box 8605, N.C. State 

 University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8605. 

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

 7095. E-mail: k_hart@ncsu.edu. Second- 

 Class Postage paid at Raleigh, N.C. 



POSTMASTER: Send address changes 

 to Coastwatch, N.C. Sea Grant, Box 

 8605, N.C. State University, Raleigh, 

 NC 27695-8605. 



Front cover photo of shovelers, 

 green-winged teals and pintails 

 by Michael Halminski. 



Inside front cover photo of frosted rope 

 by Scott D. Taylor. 



Printed on recycled paper 



by Highland Press Inc. in # f 



Fayetteville,N.C. 



