Record #:

8009

Author(s):

Hampton, Jeffrey

Abstract:

The Currituck Heritage Park, located in Corolla, is a thirty-nine-acre park consisting of the Whalehead Club, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse, and the newly completed Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education. Visitors to the center learn about the unique Currituck region through indoor exhibits, including twenty-five large scale models of traditional boats used in the region, life-size migratory waterfowl, and 250 hand-carved decoys valued at $1.5 million. Outdoor activities include classes on the state's coastal wildlife, habitat, people, and culture.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 70 Issue 8, Aug 2006, p4-9, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Currituck Heritage Park

Record #:

8010

Author(s):

Zentner, Joe

Abstract:

There are more than two hundred species of jellyfish floating in the oceans, bays, gulfs, or sounds of the world. They are not fish at all but invertebrates that have no head, brain, heart, eyes, ears, or bones. They are well adapted to a drifting, predatory life. Zentner describes some of the ones common to North Carolina waters, including the moon jellyfish, sea nettle, mushroom jellyfish, and lion's mane. The lion's mane is the world's largest, measuring eight feet across with tentacles that reach one hundred feet.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 70 Issue 8, Aug 2006, p10-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Jellyfishes

Record #:

8011

Author(s):

Wilson, Jim

Abstract:

North Carolina's commercial fishing harvest continues to drop. The 2005 harvest of finfish and shellfish totaled 79 million pounds, valued at $64.9 million. This is the smallest harvest on record and continues the downward trend that began in 1997. The menhaden catch was low, and blue crabs and shrimp, two other commercial mainstays, had decreased landings.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 70 Issue 8, Aug 2006, p36, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fisheries