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for Coastwatch Vol. 17 Issue 2, Feb 1990
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Abstract:
Estuaries are the world's most fertile undersea environments, where fish and other ocean creatures migrate to feed and grow. Despite their importance and abundance in the state, North Carolina did not protect estuaries until the 1980s. But by 1987 North Carolina wrapped a protective ring around more than 128,000 acres of estuaries; however, it struggles to maintain this protection.
Abstract:
The Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds of North Carolina are dynamic mergers of water, wind, and currents that prompt the growth of many fish species. Edgerton discusses how fish migration into these sounds from birth in the Gulf of Mexico.