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TIDINGS 





Mariner's Menu 



30 YEARS OF FRESH SEAFOOD IDEAS 



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Mariner's Menu 

 Events Set 



When cooking fish and seafood 

 dishes, there are many methods — from a 

 simple saute to a generous grill. 



Seafood lovers can try more than 

 1 60 original recipes in Mariner's Menu: 

 30 years of Fresh Seafood Ideas, a seafood 

 resource book published recently by North 

 Carolina Sea Grant. And they can get tips 

 in person as authorjoyce Taylor, retired 

 Sea Grant seafood education specialist, 

 makes several appearances. 



Taylor will present sample dishes 

 from the new book on Jan. 30 at 2 p.m., 

 at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort. 

 A book signing follows. The program also 

 features music by Connie Mason, the 

 book's illustrator. A $5 donation to the 

 museum is requested. For reservations, 

 call 252/728-7317 ore-mail 

 maritime@ncmail. net. 



In late March, Taylor will be a guest 

 chef at "CLASS: Culinary Lessons at A 

 Southern Season." The school is on the 

 second floor of the store in Chapel Hill's 

 University Mall. Registration is required 

 and a fee will be charged. For more 

 information, call 919/929-7133 ore-mail 

 class@southernseason.com. 



To check for other book signings, go 

 to the North Carolina Sea Grant calendar 

 at www.ncseagrant.org. 



-AG. 



Elizabeth City State 

 Receives NOAA Funding 



tlizabeth City State University will receive 

 $249,000 as part of a $3.4 million NOAA Envi- 

 ronmental Entrepreneurship Program — part of 

 the agency's partnership with minority-serving 

 institutions. 



The awards will be distributed to 1 3 

 institutions to develop and enhance hands-on 

 learning experiences for students in atmospher- 



ic, environmental, oceanic sciences and remote 

 sensing technologies. 



Elizabeth City State will provide under- 

 graduate students with instruction, hands-on 

 training and research experiences in the study of 

 protected species behavior. They will use remote 

 sensing technologies in collaboration with 

 NOAA programs. - P.S. 



Hybrid striped bass aauaculture shows economic promise in North Carolina. 



Aquaculture is Conference Focus 



The North Carolina Aquaculture 

 Development Conference is scheduled for Jan. 

 22-24 at the Sheraton Hotel, Atlantic Beach. 

 The conference targets individuals interested in 

 learning about getting started, as well as those 

 actively engaged in the glowing industry. 



The three-day event is sponsored by the 

 N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer 

 Services and the N.C Aquaculture Associa- 

 tion. North Carolina Sea Grant is among the 

 cosponsors. 



Activities begin Thursday with self- 

 guided tours of area demonstration sites. The 



Friday schedule includes presentations and panel 

 discussions by experts in the field. 



Special interest workshops scheduled for 

 Saturday will cover topics such as "How to Make 

 Your Aquaculture Venture More Profitable," 

 "Water Use and Algae Management" and "Ad- 

 vancements in Controlling Bird Predation." 



The $80 registration fee covers Friday 

 lunch and the Aquafood Festival, featuring farm- 

 raised products from the mountains to the coast. 



To learn more about the conference, call 

 Tom Ellis at 9 1 9/733-7 1 25, or go online to www. 

 ncaquacultiire.org. — P.S. 



4 WINTER 2004 



