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FEATURES 



COASTALTIDINGS 2 



STORM SURGE: LESSONS FROM KATRINA 



Follow Sea Grant's Spencer Rogers' assessment of the extensive flood 



damage to homes and schools along Mississippi's Gulf Coast 6 



SEA GRANT PROGRAMS HELP STORM VICTIMS 

 Learn about Mississippi-Alabama and Louisana Sea Grant programs' 

 heroic efforts after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to help fishers and others 

 clean up and lift boats from the land to the water. 12 



GIVING HIS ALL: VOILAND SHIFTS FOCUS 

 TO NORTH CAROLINA 



Get to know the story behind Michael Voiland, who hit the ground 

 running as North Carolina Sea Grant's executive director. 1 4 



VOILAND TO LEAD WATERFRONT STUDY PANEL 



The N.C. General Assembly established a "Waterfront Access Study 



Committee" to look at this pressing coastal issue 1 7 



STUDYING NORTH CAROLINA'S COAST 

 Recently, Sea Grant awarded a number of competitive grants as part of 

 its two-year funding cycle. Kathleen Angione highlights some of these 

 research projects that address real-world issues facing our state's coastal 

 resources, communities and economies 1 8 



PEOPLE & PLACES: North Carolina Sea Grant 30th Anniversary 



In 1976, the North Carolina Sea Grant College Program was recognized 

 for having a full component of research, extension and communications 

 projects. In 2006, the program's anniversary symposium coincided with 

 the retirement of former director Ronald Hudson 22 



SEA SCIENCE: Red Drum: Coastal Cruisers 



Researchers have been tagging along with the state's saltwater fish to 

 find out the range of sizes caught by recreational anglers and commercial 

 fishers, as well as the species' mortality rate 24 



NATURALISTS NOTEBOOK: Stranded: Dead or Alive 



A mass stranding in January 2005 thrust the oft-forgotten pilot whale 



into news headlines. Jamie Harris shares results of the investigation, 



and some "fast facts" about the species 27 



Coastwatch I Autumn 2006 I www.ncseagrant.org 1 



