COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



New Hatteras Book Series 



/ant to find out about Old Christmas 

 in Rodanthe and other local customs in the tiny 

 communities on Hatteras Island? 



This information is now available in 

 Ethnohistorical Description of the Eight Villages 

 Adjoining Cape Hatteras National Seashore and 

 Interpretive Themes of History and Heritage. The two- 

 volume set, known as an ethnography, features 

 the culture in Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon, 

 Buxton, Frisco, Hatteras and Ocracoke. 



It is a joint project of the Cape Hatteras 

 National Seashore and Eastern National. The set 



includes interviews with local residents about 

 local customs and legends, family names and 

 dialect. 



It also contains the history of early commu- 

 nications, the seafood industry, U.S. Lifesaving 

 Service, U.S. Coast Guard and other military 

 presences on the island, as well as hand-drawn 

 community maps and vintage photographs. 



To purchase a copy, visit the Cape 

 Hatteras Lighthouse Visitor Center, or call 

 historian Doug Stover, 252/473-21 1 1 , ext. 1 53. 



-A.G. 



Turano Adds Shellfish Duties 



arc Turano 

 has expanded duties as 

 a mariculture and blue 

 crab specialist with North 

 Carolina Sea Grant. 



Turano, based at Sea 

 Grant's headquarters in 

 Raleigh, recently received 

 a doctorate in zoology 

 from North Carolina State 

 University. He holds a 

 bachelor's in marine biology 

 from the University of North 

 Carolina at Wilmington and 

 a master's in mariculture from Texas A&M 

 University. 



His new responsibilities focus on shellfish 

 mariculture, including oysters and clams. 



"I am looking forward to identifying the 

 needs of the shellfish-growing community and 

 working with them to enhance production," 

 Turano says. "Further, I hope to assist new 

 growers to identify sites and obtain leases for 

 shellfish culture." 



Marc Turano 



He also will continue 

 to coordinate the Blue Crab 

 Research Program, funded by 

 the N.C. General Assembly and 

 administered by Sea Grant. He 

 helps potential applicants with 

 grant proposal and project 

 design, and monitors ongoing 

 blue crab research. 



Turano's areas of 

 expertise include: shellfish 

 (bivalves and blue crab) 

 biology, production and 

 culture, as well as water 

 quality and production issues relating to 

 intensive culture of marine finfish. 



"We are fortunate to have someone who 

 has aquacultural expertise and experience, and 

 who is able and willing to broaden the scope of 

 extension and applied research programming 

 in this topical area," says Michael Voiland, Sea 

 Grant's executive director. 



"We're excited about enhancing our 

 outreach efforts through Marc's work." - E.L. 



Rogers Serving 

 on Task Force 



Spencer Rogers, North Carolina 

 Sea Grant coastal construction and 

 erosion specialist, is serving on the 

 American Association of State Highway 

 and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) 

 national task force. 



Rogers will complete a three-year 

 term on the AASHTO panel that will help 

 provide guidelines for safe bridge construc- 

 tion for North Carolina and the rest of the 

 nation. AASHTO reviews transportation- 

 related policies and provides technical sup- 

 port to states in their efforts to efficiently 

 and safely move people and goods. 



He brings extensive experience in 

 coastal engineering and construction to 

 the task force. With colleagues at North 

 Carolina State University and Oregon State 

 University, Rogers developed a simple and 

 failsafe design for "breakaway walls" that 

 maintains a building's structural integrity in 

 high wind and storm surge. 



While working for Sea Grant, he also 

 collaborated with South Carolina Sea 

 Grant, Clemson University and the Blue Sky 

 Foundation on a new, more effective type 

 of plywood shutter for homes that can be 

 used during hurricanes. 



"This appointment gives further 

 testimony to Spencer's expertise, and to his 

 widely recognized ability to move science 

 and engineering concepts and methods 

 into policy and practical application," says 

 Michael Voiland, North Carolina Sea Grant 

 executive director. — A.G. 



In the Next Issue of Coastwatch 



^/leetSneads Ferry residents featured in Matt Barn's documentary "Wild Caught." 

 Kathleen Angione also explains challenges in developing marketing programs forwild shrimp. 

 Ann Green visitsjarrett Bay Marine Industrial Park in Carteret County that caters to companies 

 needing water access. And E-Ching Lee talks to crabbers testing different sizes of cull rings. 



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