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Limited Entry 

 Conference 



Who will be allowed to fish? 

 What kind of gear can be used? How 

 many fish will fishermen be allowed 

 to catch? These are questions that 

 North Carolina's fisheries policy- 

 makers may address in the future. 

 But before they're answered, 

 speakers at the North Carolina 

 Limited Entry Conference, to be held 

 this June in New Bern, will explain 

 the options. 



Limiting entry or access to 

 fisheries is a possible management 

 option in North Carolina. 

 "As new fishery policies are 

 considered, it's important 

 that policy-makers, industry 

 leaders, fisheries managers 

 and the concerned public 

 understand the potential use 

 of limited entry programs," 

 says Jim Murray, the director 

 of N.C. Sea Grant's Marine 

 Advisory Service. "The 

 purpose of this conference is 

 to educate and inform." 



The conference features 

 speakers such as Jerry Schill, 

 executive director of the 

 N.C. Fisheries Association; 

 Miles Mackaness, a commer- 

 cial fisherman; and Ben 

 Muse, an economist with the 

 Alaska Commercial Fisheries 

 Entry Commission. Topics 

 on the agenda include the interna- 

 tional history and uses of limited 

 entry, a panel discussion on its 

 implications and firsthand experi- 

 ences of limited entry programs in 

 other areas of the United States. 



The limited entry conference is 

 sponsored by N.C. Sea Grant, N.C. 

 Division of Marine Fisheries, Duke 

 University, N.C. Fisheries Associa- 

 tion, N.C. Crabbers League of Aware 

 Watermen (CLAW) and others. It 

 will be held Thursday, June 29, from 

 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday, June 30, 

 from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at the 

 Sheraton Grand in New Bern. 



The registration fee, which 

 includes an outdoor shrimp-a-roo, is 

 $35 before June 16 and $45 afterward. 

 For special room rates at the Sheraton, 

 call 1-800/326-3745 and make 

 reservations under the limited entry 

 conference. The rate is $75 for single 

 and double rooms. For more informa- 

 tion, call Murray at 919/515-2454. 



Big Sweep Hires New 

 Executive Director 



Judy Bolin has been named the 

 new executive director of N.C. Big 

 Sweep, a nonprofit organization 



dedicated to removing debris from the 

 state's waterways. She succeeds Susan 

 Bartholomew, who left the position 

 for another career opportunity. 



Bolin previously served as Big 

 Sweep coordinator for Pamlico 

 County, where she headed the Keep 

 America Beautiful Program. 



"Judy brings lots of cleanup and 

 coordination experience to the job of 

 executive director," says Kathy Hart, 

 president of the Big Sweep board of 

 directors. "She understands the issues 

 involved and knows how important it 

 is to tackle the problems of waterway 

 debris through coordination, coopera- 



tion and community involvement." 



In the coming months, Bolin 

 will be organizing the 1995 First 

 Citizens Bank Big Sweep, which is 

 set for Saturday, Sept. 16. If you 

 would like to volunteer for the 

 cleanup or be a site coordinator for 

 a waterway in your county, call 

 Bolin at 1-800/27-SWEEP. 



Coastwatch Raises 

 Subscription Prices 



With paper costs skyrocketing 

 and postal rates increasing, N.C. Sea 

 Grant is forced to raise Coastwatch 

 subscription prices to cover 

 its production costs. 

 Beginning June 1, a year's 

 subscription to the magazine 

 will cost $15. 



"We're sorry to have to 

 raise our subscription fees," 

 says managing editor Kathy 

 Hart. "We've held the line 

 as long as possible on 

 production costs, but we 

 simply can't absorb any- 

 more increases without 

 passing them on to our 

 readers." 



Coastwatch has 

 maintained its $12 subscrip- 

 tion fee since it moved from 

 a newsletter to a magazine 

 format in May 1991. But in 

 the last year, paper costs, 

 postal rates and production 

 fees have escalated. 



Coastwatch is subsidized by 

 subscription fees and a federal grant 

 from the National Sea Grant College 

 Program. The magazine does not 

 accept advertising. 



"We feel it is inappropriate for a 

 magazine published by a university- 

 based program to accept advertising," 

 Hart says. "We want Coastwatch to 

 be a source of factual, balanced 

 information, and we feel advertising 

 might compromise Sea Grant's 

 unbiased stance. 



"We hope readers understand and 

 will continue to subscribe," Hart says. 



24 MAY I JUNE 1995 



