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Big Sweep in North Carolina is a volunteer effort started in 1987 to clean trash from beaches and waterways. The program is now in all 100 North Carolina counties. 18,000 volunteers retrieved over 720,000 pounds of trash in 2007. Now Big Sweep has produced a book to make middle school students aware of the need for a clean environment. The publication included eleven litter awareness lessons and was written by two North Carolina teachers.
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10228
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The state's oyster population has been plagued by diseases, such as Demo and NSX, since the 1980s. In 2006, scientists reported finding a new parasite--Bonamia sp. Green reports on how North Carolina Sea Grant researchers made the discovery.
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10229
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Peeler crabs are blue crabs that are close to molting. In 2008, five of the thirteen projects funded by the North Carolina Blue Crab Research Program will focus on peeler crabs.
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10230
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A new 2008 project, funded by the North Carolina Fishery Resource Grant, will track spiny dogfish to discover how many of these small sharks there really are. Other studies listed include aquaculture and fisheries equipment and gear.
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10326
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To insure that consumers get the best quality of seafood, inspectors watch for certain things, like how the seafood is handled and stored and how it is displayed.
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10347
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The Confederate gunboat, CSS NEUSE, was scuttled in the Neuse River near Kinston as the Civil War drew to a close in 1865. Local residents raised it in 1963. Allegood discusses early data recorded on the gunboat by Kinston native Bill Rowland and a laser study being performed by the East Carolina University Program in Maritime Studies through a fellowship from the North Carolina Sea Grant Program.
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10862
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River herring, once an abundant resource in eastern North Carolina waterways, are now so scarce that a moratorium has been declared statewide. Wienke reports on herring research from two North Carolina Fishery Research Grant projects. One estimates herring stock using sonar and the other assesses the herring's zooplankton food source.
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10863
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Innovative stormwater management practices, backed up by new state legislation, are improving water quality in North Carolina's coastal counties. Wilmington, New Hanover, and Brunswick Counties are areas where improvement is occurring.
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10864
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Is urbanization along the Albemarle Sound affecting traditional nursery habitats for striped bass? To determine if this is so, researchers are using otoliths, or fish ear bones, to match juvenile striped bass with a specific body of water.
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10865
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Worn-out workboats left in the backwaters of North Carolina's coastal waterways provide researchers with a wealth of information about the state's maritime history. Allegood describes research conducted by students in the East Carolina University's Program in Maritime Studies along the Pungo River in Beaufort County.
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11009
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A project to restore 1,400 feet of an urban creek running through the North Carolina State University campus began in February 2009. Approximately 235 buried feet of Rocky Creek and will be dug up as part of the project. The creek flows into Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Neuse River, which empties into Pamlico Sound. The restored creek will be free of pollution and will support a variety of aquatic life and vegetation.
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11010
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While commercial fishermen and dealers must submit extensive paperwork on what they catch daily, there is no such requirement for recreational fishermen. Commercial fishermen and dealers number 4,076 and 606 respectively compared with about 670,000 anglers using around 800 for-hire boats. Angione reports on how text messaging could help with daily data collection from recreational fishermen.
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11011
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Spotted trout are popular with recreational fishermen. Wienke reports on a Fishery Resource Grant Program (FRG) that is conducting research on seatrout tagging.
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11012
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Smith reports on scientists who are documenting an array of chemicals, including mercury, in the Lower Cape Fear region that pose human health and environmental concerns.
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11328
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Diamondback terrapins inhabit the state's estuaries and often get into commercial and recreational crab pots. A research team is tracking the diamondbacks to determine their movements, distribution, and crab pot interactions.
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