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16842
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NC Sea Grant has selected twelve projects to fund for its 2012 to 2014 period. These include studies on oysters, flounder, water runoff, and sustainable coastal development. Lee provides a summary of the projects.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Spring 2012, p24-26, il Periodical Website
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19104
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Given new growth and new technology, things along the North Carolina coast are changing rapidly. To keep up with pressures, UNC Sea Grant is funding new projects that look at the seafood industry, disruption of sea grass, beach erosion, and bird nesting.
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19106
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Jerry Machemehl is studying to important questions for the North Carolina Sea Grant: What parts of the shoreline are most vulnerable to storm damage, and how can home owners survive the sometimes brutal environment of coastal North Carolina?
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. 7 Issue 2, Feb 1980, p3-5, il Periodical Website
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19117
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A new North Carolina Sea Grant research project attempts to pinpoint coastal areas of the state that are especially vulnerable to severe storms. This will address relief and safety issues that planners face in the face of dense coastal development.
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19138
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New North Carolina Sea Grant research is looking at how North Carolina shrimpers market the goods they catch from processing to advertising.
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19145
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In the last ten years, Atlantic Coast striped bass has been declining rapidly while the pressure from the commercial fishing industry has increased. North Carolina Sea Grant projects are attempting to replenish stocks with hybrids of striped bass.
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19164
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Fisheries managers in North Carolina are worried about the over-fishing of the state's resources and are looking into the biological, economic, and social aspects of North Carolina fisheries to provide managers with a clearer idea of how policies may affect those they manage.
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19184
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NC Sea Grant researcher Jeffery Johnson, an anthropologist at East Carolina University, is studying social networks among North Carolina commercial fishermen and how knowledge and adoption of technology flows amongst this group.
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19217
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In eastern North Carolina, farmland is lowland, so it must be drained to provide potential. But much of the freshwater drained out of the land funnels into brackish waters where young fish grow but are being inhibited by the freshwater. New research will attempt to manage this outflow in order to reap the benefits from both farmland and fish harvests.
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19316
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This issues of COASTWATCH introduces new NC Sea Grant research projects that range from fisheries to coastal processes, estuaries, aquaculture, and seafood studies.
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19319
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North Carolina fishermen have made themselves a reputation. To support a fisherman and his family year round he must be mobile, and many North Carolina fishermen are proving their worth as they cross state lines into places like Florida or Massachusetts to challenge other fishermen for their catch. Ongoing projects through NC Sea Grant have sent three East Carolina University anthropologists to study just how unique North Carolina fishermen really are.
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19378
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Fishermen call it trash fish; fisheries resource managers call it bycatch. Either way, the loss of unintended fish catches (or bycatch) has been a serious fisheries problem in North Carolina. Thus, North Carolina Sea Grant researcher as developing new trawling methods to reduce the number of juvenile fish caught in shrimp nets.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. 17 Issue 7, Aug 1990, p3-6, il, f Periodical Website
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24820
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The town of Nags Head has conducted a research survey to determine whether those living in and governing Nags Head were aware of the coastal hazards. The participants were asked various questions concerning coastal hazards. The results will be used to further options for adaptation to coastal hazards.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue 1, Winter 2016, p32-33, il, por Periodical Website
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25118
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North Carolina Sea Grant research has paid off with a new device to record data on rip currents. So far the devices have worked well.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue 4, Autumn 2014, p36-37, il, por Periodical Website
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25122
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The North Carolina Coastal Policy Fellowship offers new educational experiences for several lucky students each year. The students have many different backgrounds and enjoy the work that they do under the fellowship.
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