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FRG and Blue Crab Research 

 Proposals Due Nov. 20 



orth Carolina Sea Grant invites 

 members of the fishing and crabbing 

 communities, and those in related industries 

 and research, to submit proposals for funding 

 from the N.C. Fishery Resource Grant Program 

 (FRG) and the Blue Crab Research Program 

 (BCRP) in 2007. 



The programs encourage innovative 

 proposals that will improve, protect and restore 

 North Carolina's marine fishery resources. Both 

 are funded by the N.C. General Assembly and 

 administered by North Carolina Sea Grant. 



Lists of potential research topics, and Sea 

 Grant and N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries 

 contacts, as well as downloadable application 

 forms, are available at www.ncseagrant.org. Under 

 "Funding Opportunities," select the FRG or 

 BCRP link. Applications also are available from 

 Sea Grant offices in Raleigh, Manteo, Morehead 

 City and Wilmington. 



All principal investigators must participate 

 in a pre-submission conference with a Sea Grant 

 representative through telephone, e-mail or a 

 one-on-one meeting. 



Signed hand-delivered or mailed 

 applications must be received at: North Carolina 

 Sea Grant, NC State University, Box 8605, Room 



100C, 191 1 Building, Raleigh, NC 27965-8605. 



Applications also may be submitted via 

 e-mail. All support letters and attachments 

 must be included either in electronic form or 

 by mail. Send electronic FRG applications 

 to srebach@ncsu.edu. Send electronic BCRP 

 applications to marc_turano@ncsu.edu. 



Complete hand-delivered, mailed ore- 

 mailed applications, including all support letters, 

 must be received by 5 p.m., Nov. 20, 2006. 



Faxed, incomplete or late applications will 

 not be considered. Final decisions will be made 

 no later than April 30, 2007. - E.L 



Aquaculture 

 Slated for 



I he N.C. Department of Agncultu re 

 & Consumer Services is hosting the N.C. 

 Aquaculture Development Conference, Feb. 7 

 to 1 at the Sheraton in Atlantic Beach. 



The keynote speaker is Dickjones, a 

 seafood purchaser for H.E. Butt Grocery 

 Company, a Texas-based grocery store chain. 

 He will discuss how farm-raised fish fits into 

 the future of fresh food sales to the increasingly 

 discriminating American consumer. 



The first two days of the conference 

 features a water-reuse workshop led by Tom 

 Losordo from North Carolina State University. 

 There is an extra fee to attend this workshop. 



On Friday, Feb. 9, a series of aquaculture 

 specialists will present the latest developments 



Conference 

 February 



in the field. Among the speakers is Michael 

 Voiland, North Carolina Sea Grant's executive 

 director, who will discuss Sea Grant's future 

 role in aquaculture. 



On the final day, participants can attend 

 one of several workshops, including one on 

 shellfish and marine aquaculture that will 

 be led by Robert Hines, a Sea Grant fisheries 

 specialist. 



There is a registration fee to attend this 

 conference. Late fees apply afterjan. 31 . On- 

 site registration is also available. 



For general conference information, 

 contact Matt Parker at 252/633-1477 or 

 matthew.parker@ncmail.net. View the conference 

 Web site at: www.ncaquaculture.org. — E.L. 



Second Waterfront 



Access Study 

 Committee Meeting 

 Nov. 20 



The next meeting of North Carolina's 

 Waterfront Access Study Committee is 

 scheduled for Nov. 20 in Pine Knoll Shores. 



"The committee has been charged, 

 under a tight timeline by the General 

 Assembly, to provide guidance on the loss 

 of working waterfronts and on public access 

 issues along the state's coastal waters," says 

 Michael Voiland, executive director of North 

 Carolina Sea Grant. 



Voiland chairs the 21 -member 

 committee, recommended bythejoint 



Legislative Commission on Seafood 

 and Aquaculture and authorized by 

 the N.C. General Assembly. 



"On the basis of the 

 committee's first meeting in Raleigh, 

 it was clear to me that all members 

 are focused on task, share many 

 common concerns, and intend to 

 make recommendations that best fit 

 the North Carolina context," he adds. 



During the first meeting, held 

 Sept. 26, the committee heard 

 from Joe Kalo and Walter Clark, 

 co-directors of the N.C. Coastal 

 Resources, Law, Planning and 

 Policy Center, about different tools and 

 techniques for enhancing coastal access and 

 diversity of use. 



The center plans to examine three 

 categones of tools, explains Clark. The first will 

 be incentive-based tools that will help provide 

 waterfront property owners and businesses 

 continued access to public waters. The 

 second involves techniques, such as planning 

 and zoning, for use in enhancing shoreline 

 diversity. The third category encompasses 

 techniques that could be used to generate or 

 direct funding to purchase waterfront access. 



Information regarding past and future 

 meetings can be found at www.ncseagrant. 

 org/ 'waterfronts. The site includes a list of the 

 committee members, as well as background 

 matenals submitted by the committee and 

 the public. - K.A. 



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