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A problem facing shrimpers when the nets are pulled in is bycatch, or unintended catch. Once the shrimp are brought onboard, shrimpers have to sort through them, and having bycatch, which has to be returned to the ocean, slows down the process. Lee reports on the research of John Broome, a Wilmington-based shrimpers, to create new gear that would allow shrimp to be culled faster and return bycatch to the water faster.
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18263
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Lee reports on the research findings of a new turtle excluder device for the state's summer flounder offshore fishery. There are many protected turtles in the area and trawlers want to avoid interaction with them.
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18264
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Michael Voiland, executive director of the North Carolina Sea Grant and the Water Research Institute of the University of North Carolina, is retiring. Mosher gives a summary of his tenure.
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18265
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There are several groups of hurricane scientists. One group studies hurricanes that are forming and where they might strike. Another group, the paleotempestologists, is concerned with estimating the frequency and strength of ancient hurricanes over thousands of years. Settlage explores the science of searching for ancient storms.
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19039
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In December 2012, the federal Bureau of Ocean Management began to look to North Carolina for the leasing on wind farms in federal waters off the state. This first phase will gauge public and industry interests in potential offshore lease areas.
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19040
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North Carolina Sea Grant is funding North Carolina State fisheries biologists to small fish such as the mummichog act as sentinels for the health of North Carolina tidal creeks.
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19041
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Masters students at East Carolina University's Program in Maritime Studies are investigating North Carolina shipwrecks to advance the knowledge of conservation.
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19042
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North Carolina State University's Marine Aquaculture Research Center (MARC) is a hybrid of science and economics, proving that mariculture and aquaculture is feasible and can be inexpensive.
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19043
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For years, the Diamond Shoals and Frying Pan Light Towers performed their duties, warning passing ships to steer clear of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. But after being unattended and falling in disrepair, both light towers are getting new missions that include being platforms for ocean research.
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19044
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North Carolina has unique traditional working vessels along the Outer Banks, and each catch type dictates structural features on the vessels.
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19084
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The Fishery Conservation and Management Act (FCMA) was established in 1977, with the concept of 200 mile fishing conservation zones that decreases foreign fishing and increases domestic fishing. Although slow to take, this article discusses the FCMA in North Carolina.
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19085
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With growing coastal populations, more North Carolina property owners are discovering that poor soil conditions and high water tables make safe disposal of septic waste on the coast a major issue.
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19086
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Like the legendary Atlantis, the defunct 19th-century community of Diamond City grips the imagination as it all but disappeared. Just east of Cape Lookout, Diamond City was once a substantial settlement with a maritime forest and fishing and whaling communities. However, a series of storms left the community worse for wear and little remains of the settlement today.
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19087
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Albert Hinn describes some of the phenomena common to North Carolina's coastal summer days.
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19088
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More Americans are taking to the seas to dive and have found that North Carolina waters are a particularly good place to do so. From history to fishes, SCUBA diving in the state provides a variety of opportunities.
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