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19384
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Although in the early 1980s fish were plentiful in Currituck Sound, now, with pressures from commercial and recreational fishing as well as pollution, fishing has been stunted in the Sound.
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26447
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The men who commercially fish Currituck Sound say it is dying and are petitioning to allow a manmade inlet in order to flush out polluted waters which have led to fish disease. However, sport fishermen argue that an inlet add too much saltwater which would chase away the largemouth bass.
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Friend O’ Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 24 Issue (27) 5, May 1980, p9, 16
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26806
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The proposed Currituck National Wildlife Refuge is awaiting approval from Congress. The proposal hopes to prevent beach-front development and to protect natural areas in Currituck Sound.
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Friend O’ Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 28 Issue 4, Apr 1981, p5, il
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30931
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Four newly funded projects cover a host of coastal topics for various community-based collaborations. Projects range from studying marsh changes in the Currituck Sound, supplying cape shark to schools for lunch, educating about restored estuarine habitats, and an oral history of the 1997 Fisheries Reform Act.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue 3, Summer 2016, p14-19, il, por Periodical Website
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35877
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The town boasting of lagoons and wildlife, sand dunes and woods, had existed less than forty years. No less important than one existing a little less than four hundred years (Roanoke) was town incorporated the year prior, though. The author proved its lack of gaudiness, found in other resort towns, offered Southern Shores equitable allure to vacationers and NC residents alike.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 8 Issue 6, Aug 1980, p38-39
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38298
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Called sound country by the author, North Carolina attained this status by having more sounds than any other state in the east. Its importance may be better defined, however, by the role that sounds like Currituck have played in defining a way of life for Eastern North Carolinians and the region’s seafood industry for centuries.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 79 Issue 4, Sept 2011, p96-98, 100, 102-104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114 Periodical Website
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38703
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With ever changing sands and various storms, the geography of the Outer Banks is always in a state of flux. In an attempt to stave off the change from land to sea, a wooden fence was erected along the Currituck Sound to help build up sand dunes and keep back the sea.