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6380
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Green discusses the last and only beach seine crew for striped mullet on Bogue Banks. She also discusses a study of the mortality rate of striped mullet conducted by the North Carolina Sea Grant/North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries.
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6381
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Founded in 1957, the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club's Annual Invitational Surf Fishing Tournament is one of the largest of its kind in the world and is North Carolina's second oldest fishing tournament. The fisherman's catch is measured and then released; points are awarded based on the size of the fish. Surf fishing generates $1.6 billion to the state economy, with anglers spending $170 million on trips and $1.4 billion on durable goods.
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North Carolina's state-owned ferry fleet ranks second to the state of Washington's, the nation's largest. Twenty-three vessels sail seven routes year-round, some across rivers, others across sounds. A unique feature of the ferries is that each one is emblazoned with the colors and logos or mascots of the sixteen schools within the University of North Carolina System, and other private state universities and colleges.
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Green discusses the new federal permit that is required for private recreational fishing boats that target highly migratory species, or HMS. The regulations cover species including sharks, tunas, swordfishes, and billfishes. The permits are required for anglers doing catch-and-release fishing or landing the fish.
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Ospreys, also known as sea hawks, are now a familiar sight along the North Carolina coast. Before the use of DDT was banned in 1972, the pesticide got into the food chain of ospreys; this caused them to lay thin-shelled eggs that affected the survival rate of the young. Since the banning, ospreys have been increasing in numbers. This fish-eating species mates for life and returns to the same nest year after year.
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Frying Pan Shoals Light Tower stands about twenty miles off the coast in an area of treacherous water called Frying Pan Shoals. Light towers are like lighthouses in water. The towers replaced lightships; now the towers are being replaced by buoys that transmit weather data that can be read online. Green discusses the history of lightships and light towers and the soon-to-be dismantled Frying Pan tower.
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A Fishery Resource Grant project to track turtles in the Pamlico Sound is also providing data for a marine life census that stretches around the world. The Pamlico project is designed to determine movements of loggerheads and other turtles in an effort to reduce the number of turtles caught in flounder gill nets. Using a single satellite, the project tracked forty-five turtles, making it one of the world's largest turtle-tracking studies. Mosher gives an update of the project.
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Coastwatch
(NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Early Summer 2004,
p23-25, il, map
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6749
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Wilson Bay is a cove in the Neuse River in Onslow County. Jacksonville residents made it a priority to cleanup the filthy, contaminated 126-acre bay from which most aquatic life had disappeared and which waterfowl had abandoned for better feeding grounds. Loughner details the history of the polluted bay and its remarkable return to life.
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6764
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The national Clean Marina Program was adopted by North Carolina in 2000. \"To qualify,\" says Mike Lopazanski, N.C. Division of Coastal Management coastal and policy analyst, \"marina operators must demonstrate that they voluntarily employ the best management and operation techniques that go beyond and above regulatory requirements.\" Marinas that fly the Clean Marina Flag signal to all that they are safeguarding the environment. Dalton's Yacht Service, Inc., located on Whitaker Creek in Oriental, was the first marina in the state to receive the Clean Marina designation.
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6765
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Stan Riggs, an East Carolina University distinguished research professor, has spent thirty years trekking through soggy swamps, muddy marshes, and hot beaches to gather data on erosion rates along North Carolina's 4,000 miles of coastal and estuarine shorelines. His work has ranged through state, national, and international projects. In 1983, he received the O. Max Gardner Award, which is presented annually to the University of North Carolina system faculty member \"who has made the greatest contribution to the welfare of the human race.\" Green interviews Riggs about his lifelong coastal research.
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In 1999, Hurricane Floyd cut a destructive path across eastern North Carolina, becoming the deadliest storm in the state's history. The storm caused 35 deaths, damages of $3 billion, and destruction of 7,000 homes. Smith examines the ongoing recovery efforts, new forecasting technologies, and research into the state's fisheries five years after the storm.
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6934
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The lionfish has venomous spines. It eats everything, produces eggs that free float, and has few known predators. Spotted off the North Carolina Coast in August 2000, it is the first marine invasive fish to have established itself in Atlantic waters. Loughner discusses this threat to the state's coastal ecosystems and the dangers posed to divers and fishermen.
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Muzel Bryant was born on Ocracoke on March 12, 1904. She traces her lineage on the island back to the Civil War. At the war's close in 1865, all former slaves left the island. Her grandparents were the only two African Americans to move from the mainland to Ocracoke. Bryant has lived off the island only once when she worked during her teenage years in Philadelphia. Today, at the age of 100, she is an important link to Outer Banks history.
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North Carolina has a long history of shrimping. Commercial shrimping began in the early days of the 20th-century and centered around the Southport area. Three species of shrimp are caught in the state's coastal waters -- the brown, pink, and white. Green discusses the history of shrimping from Native American times to the present; boats and equipment used; and legal and environmental issues.
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Phragmites australis, or common reed, is a tall innocent-looking marsh plant with cane-like stems, blue-green leaves, and purplish plumes on top. However, the plant's strong anchoring roots can spread out to reproduce exponentially. The common reed's dense growth can crowd out native vegetation and wildlife habitats. Smith discusses what is being done to eliminate this invasive plant.
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