Coastwatch 



Managing Editor 

 Katie Mosher 



Senior Editors 

 Ann Green 

 Pam Smith 



Contributing Editors 

 Kathleen Angione, Lilly Loughner 



Designer 



L. Noble 



Circulation Manager 

 Sandra Harris 



The North Carolina Sea Grant College Program 



is a federal/state program that promotes 

 stewardship 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 research 

 projects, a 15-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: katie_mosher@ncsu.edu 

 World Wide Web address: 

 http://wwwficseagrcint.org 

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Cover photo of skimmer trawl by Scott Taylor. 

 Table of Contents art from a photo 

 of lion fish by James Morris/ 'NOAA. 

 Printed on recycled paper. ® 



Fishery Resource Grants and Blue Crab 

 Research Grants Awarded for 2004 



This year, more than 

 20 research projects will be 

 funded through the N.C. 

 Fishery Resource Grant 

 Program (FRG) and the Blue 

 Crab Research Program 

 (BCRP).The projects will 

 explore topics ranging from 

 the ecological effects of 

 shrimp trawling in the shallow 

 waters of southeastern North 

 Carolina to documenting the 

 cultural history of crabbing in 

 Albemarle Sound. 



Sponsored by the N.C. General Assembly 

 and administered by North Carolina Sea Grant, 

 the FRG and Blue Crab programs support 

 cooperative research based on ideas from the 

 fishing community. Where appropriate, the 

 program helps to partner persons in the industry 

 with academic researchers to ensure useful results 

 for both fishers and fishery managers. 



Some of the 2004 FRG projects include: 



developing an oyster shell- 

 recycling program among 

 seafood restaurants to 

 help restore oyster habitat; 

 studying bottlenose dolphin 

 interaction and behavior with 

 Spanish mackerel gillnets; 

 and determining prey types 

 and sizes preferred by Atlantic 

 bluefin tuna wintering off the 

 North Carolina coast. 



Projects funded by the 

 BCRP are equally diverse, 

 including topics such as 

 using pheromones from male blue crabs as 

 bait; assessing the condition offish and turtle 

 bycatch generated during the spring blue crab 

 harvest; and testing sponge crab excluder 

 devices on crab pots. 



For more information on specific FRG 

 and BCRP projects, visit North Carolina Sea 

 Grant online at www.ncseagrant.org and click on 

 research areas. — K.A. 



Holiday Gifts from Sea Grant 



Let 



et North Carolina Sea 

 Grant help with holiday gift- 

 giving ideas: 



• For cooks on your list, 

 consider Mariner's Menu: 30 

 Years of Fresh Seafood Ideas, by 

 Joyce Taylor, $25. 



• A subscription to 

 Coastwatch is a gift that keeps 

 giving for a full year, $15. 



• Sea Shells of North 

 Carolina is a hit with year- 

 round beachcombers, $1 2. 



Send requests and 

 checks to North Carolina Sea 

 Grant, NC State University, 

 Box 8605, Raleigh, NC 

 27695-8605. Or call 919/ 

 515-9101. 



-P.S. 



In the Next Issue of Coastwatch 



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lorth Carolina's future oyster restoration efforts are being guided by the past. 

 Join Kathleen Angione as she explores how combining historic maps with today's satellite 

 and sonar imaging technology helps restore native oysters. Pam Smith goes beyond 

 the jargon to explain how coastal communities utilize "smart growth" methods. 

 And Ryan Reynolds takes readers aboard the Periauger, a replica of a colonial-era cargo vessel. 



2 HOLIDAY 2004 



