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6938
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In 2000, Elizabeth City State University began its Marine Environmental Science program. Enrollment for the program was four students. In 2004, nineteen students were in the program. Green discusses the program and areas of student participation, including salt marsh restoration and surveys of coastal vegetation.
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7022
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By 2020, North Carolina's population will increase by two million, with much of the growth predicted to occur in the coastal counties. How well cities and counties handle this growth will depend on how well they plan for it. A number of development approaches exist -- sustainable development, smart growth, new urbanism, and mixed-growth. All plans stress balancing environmental and economic goals while at the same time creating livable communities. Smith discusses two new environmentally friendly building projects. River Dunes is a 1,300-acre pine plantation in Pamlico County that is being turned into a residential and boating community. The other describes how individual home owners can build a green and clean house of their dreams.
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For over a century there has been a steady decline of the Eastern oyster in the Pamlico Sound. Habitat destruction, pollution, overharvesting, and disease are major factors in reducing the 1902 harvest of 1.8 million bushels to barely 49,000 in 2003. Working with satellite mapping and sonar imaging, Eugene Ballance of Ocracoke is transforming the 1886-1887 Navy survey maps of the oyster reefs in the Pamlico Sound into blueprints for restoring the Eastern oyster. The early maps were created by naval officer Lt. Francis E. Winslow, who, after retiring from the Navy, started the Pamlico Oyster Company in the late 1880s.
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North Carolina shrimpers are facing economic and cultural challenges. Imported shrimp decreases domestic prices. Most shrimp imports are farm-raised, while domestic is wild-caught. The rising cost of gas and insurance premiums eat into profits. North Carolina shrimpers, whose way of life goes back several generations, see a way of life disappearing.
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The second largest battle of the Civil War in North Carolina was fought at Plymouth on April 17-20, 1864. On Living History Weekend, held in April, history comes alive with period reenactors from around the country portraying soldiers and sailors from the famous battle. Green discusses the battle and historic sites to visit during the weekend.
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The periauger was the workboat in the state's waterways during the 18th- and early 19th-centuries. None of the original boats remain, and only a few sketches depict them. Armed with $100,000 in private donations and a grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the Perquimans County Restoration Association, the North Carolina Maritime Museum, and the East Carolina University Marine Studies Program set about constructing a replica. Reynolds describes the building of the periauger and its three-week journey to its home port in Hertford.
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7145
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In North Carolina's coastal waters, waterspouts can form very quickly and be dangerous for boaters and swimmers. The National Weather Service Office at Wilmington monitors five coastal counties from Surf City to the South Santee River in South Carolina and forty miles seaward for weather information. Loughner explains a new weather service program that allows boaters and beachgoers to go online daily for waterspout outlooks.
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Each year the North Carolina Lions Club holds the Visually Impaired Persons (VIP) Fishing Tournament. The First Flight, Nags Head, Manteo, Wanchese, Columbia, and Plymouth Lions Clubs sponsor the tournaments which are held on the Outer Banks. The 2004 event attracted 400 individuals aged twelve to ninety-one. Competitors fish from a pier or from a boat. The activities of a typical tournament are described.
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Between 1992 and 2001, in coastal waters from New Jersey to North Carolina, 210 bottlenose dolphins were killed by becoming entangled in gill nets used by fishermen. The dolphins become entangled either by accidentally running into the nets or by being caught while eating the fishing catch. Angione reports on a study funded by the North Carolina Fishery Resource Grant program to study whether acoustic alarms can keep the dolphins away from the gill nets.
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7148
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The Coastal Wind Initiative, a project of the North Carolina Solar Center, seeks to educate national developers and local residents about areas in North Carolina where wind has the potential to produce electrical power. Reynolds gives an update on the progress of the project which was started in 2004.
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Every foreign vessel and every registered U.S. vessel of more than sixty tons entering and leaving a North Carolina port is required by law to use a state-licensed pilot. Any ship master violating this law is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor. Green discusses the history of pilots in North Carolina waters, pilot training, and current 'homeland security' duties.
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7339
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Atlantic white cedar reaches a height of fifty feet at maturity. The fragrant, lightweight, rot-resistant wood was highly valued by early coastal residents, who used it for shingles, siding, and boatbuilding. Unfortunately, its popularity led to overharvesting. In the 1890s, Pocosin Lakes, located in Tyrrell, Hyde, and Washington Counties experienced widespread logging that cleared over 200,000 acres of the tree. Today only about 10,600 acres of the white cedar remain in the Southeast. Loughner discusses a plan to restore 10,800 acres of the cedar's pocosin habitat in Tyrrell County and elsewhere in North Carolina. Today, approximately 2,000 acres of pocosin are restored, with around 800 acres of white cedar planted and thriving.
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Bycatch is a hotly debated topic among fishermen involved in inshore shrimping, individuals, and state agencies. Bycatch is the amount of non-targeted catch that fishermen net along with their intended catch. Inshore shrimping nets can scoop up valuable commercial and recreational fish, such as croaker, spot, gray trout, and flounder. If large numbers of these fish end up as bycatch, their populations will decline and affect sportsfishermen and other commercial fisheries. A North Carolina Fishery Resource Grant project assesses the bycatch generated in North Carolina's southeastern shrimp fisheries.
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Coastwatch
(NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Early Summer 2005,
p16-19, il, map
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In the summer of 2005, Jerry Schill will end eighteen years as president of the North Carolina Fisheries Association. The trade organization has represented North Carolina's commercial fishing interests since 1952. Schill reflects on the status of commercial fishing in North Carolina. He and his wife are retiring to a 100-acre dairy farm in Pennsylvania.
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7342
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River otters are known for their antics, whether performing in the wild or in an aquarium. This animal can grow to around three or four feet and weigh more than forty pounds. It can live up to fifteen years in the wild and sometimes longer in captivity. However, back in the 1800s and early 1900s, the river otter had all but vanished from the North Carolina landscape. Uncontrolled trapping, water pollution, and habitat destruction contributed to its demise. In the 1970s the state began an otter reintroduction program. Today the otter has been successfully restored throughout the state.
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