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Frank and Rachael Thomas, retired North Carolina State University faculty members, were honored with a scholarship, the Frank Bancroft and Rachael Kirby (Kinlaw) Thomas Food Science and Family and Consumer Scholarship. The undergraduate grant will assist students studying food science and nutrition, with priority given to those studying seafood and freshwater fisheries.
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There are around one million crab pots in state waters. Each year, through storms, boat props, and other mishaps, 10 percent break loose. Unfortunately, the pots continue catching blue crabs. Between eleven and twenty-five blue crabs die in each loose pot per season, a significant loss to the industry. In 1994, Irene Hooker began work on a crab pot with strings that dissolve after a season. Her work will ultimately cut blue crab losses from loose crab pots.
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The state's oyster industry has declined since the start of the 20th-century, dropping from an annual harvest of two million bushels to 44,613 bushels in 1998. Over-harvesting, harvesting methods, and a natural occurring parasite are contributors to the decline. Recommendations to alleviate the oyster crisis include aquaculture, improving the quality of coastal waters, and developing disease resistant strains.
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Chicamacomico was one of the most famous lifesaving stations on the Outer Banks. Restored, the building opened as a museum in 1982. Now a second building on the property, built in 1874, is under restoration. Mosher chronicles the restoration, which is being done true to the original style of construction.
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Twenty years ago, there were 14 red wolves left in the nation. Through wildlife management, this endangered animal was brought back. In 1987, red wolves were successfully released into the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in eastern North Carolina. Now, with the spread of coyotes across the state, interbreeding, which almost destroyed the red wolf's genetic purity once before, threatens it again.
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In 1801, ship's master and Revolutionary War hero, Captain Robert Richard Randell, bequeathed his 21-acre Manhattan estate to a perpetual trust for a home for retired and disabled sailors. The home, Sailors' Snug Harbor, remained in Staten Island until 1976, when it relocated to Carteret County. The 100,000-square-foot facility employs over one hundred and provides care, activities, and housing for men and women mariners. The retirement home is located on Nelson's Bay in Sea Level.
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JoAnne Powell is education curator at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort. Powell has been at the museum since 1975 and is an enthusiastic communicator of knowledge of coastal marine and plant life.
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Settled around 1730, Swansboro, in Onslow County, was a busy Revolutionary War port with a major shipbuilding industry. After the Civil War, the shipping industry declined and was replaced by lumber and fishing interests. Today Swansboro is a picturesque town filled with shops, restaurants, and historic homes, a place many tourists miss in their haste to reach their beach rentals.
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Shad and herring fisheries on coastal rivers have fed generations of eastern Carolinians. However, technological innovations, pollution, and overfishing have decreased the size of the annual harvest. Shannon describes the fisheries at Lock and Dam No. 1, Cape Fear River; Contentnea Creek, in Grifton; and the Roanoke River at Jamesville; and their prospects in the twenty-first century.
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Netmaking is as old as fishing. It is a specialized craft that is slowly fading away, with only six full-time net shops left in the state, and fewer still in Georgia and South Carolina. One reason for the decline is the increase in federal and state regulations governing commercial fishermen. North Carolina has requirements on the use of particular nets, including fixed, gill, trawl, and channel.
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For those who enjoy taking a step back through time, the new North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh is a treasure trove of fossils collected along the North Carolina coast, coastal plain, and Piedmont. Included in the collection are a rare 500-million-year-old Pteridinum carolinaense, one of only seven found worldwide and the only one on exhibit; a 110-million-year-old dinosaur; and a rare right whale.
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Nearly extinct in the state by the 1970s, black bears have made a comeback, with around 8,500 now living in the mountains and coastal plain. Increasing development has brought human and bears in close proximity, and encounters are inevitable. Vega gives insights on bear behavior and how to handle a close encounter.
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Lundie Spence, a North Carolina Sea Grant education specialist, has been named a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Hero for 2000. The program recognizes heroes for their tireless efforts in preserving and protecting the country's environment. Spence has been with the Sea Grant program twenty-two years. Among her environmental efforts is Big Sweep in North Carolina, a volunteer effort started in 1987 to clean trash from beaches and waterways. The program is now in all 100 North Carolina counties.
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In March 2000, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington dedicated its new Center for Marine Science. The 75,000-square-foot center has 52 research labs, greenhouses and aquariums, and a 900-foot dock on the Intra-Coastal Waterway. The new center will aid in the expansion of new degree programs and research studies.
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In processing seafood for market, safety of the product is the prime concern. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's program, called Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point, and regular inspection of seafood factories by North Carolina seek to minimize these hazards. Green describes how these two programs work in the state's seafood industry. The law requires that before seafood can be sold, strict safety guidelines must be met by seafood processors and dealers.
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