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19180
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Despite the risks of beach erosion and encroaching ocean, North Carolina's beaches are being developed at rapid rates. To prevent continual loss of property, North Carolina adopted its first ocean setback regulation in 1979 under the Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA); this management program prevents buildings within sixty feet of the ocean, and controversy over this setback rule is making headlines.
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19181
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Portsmouth Village is quiet now, but its history tells the story of a once-bustling community established on trans-shipment. Today, its stands as part of National Register of Historic Places.
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3.The Abandoned Communities of Shackleford Banks by Hart, Kathy Coastwatch Vol. 11 Issue 2, Feb 1984
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19182
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The Cape, Diamond City, Sam Windsor's Lump, Wade's Shore, Whale Creek, Mullet Pond, and Guthrie's Hammock--names of communities that ring with the sound of fiction. But these were once real villages along the shores of Shackleford Banks, whose earliest settlers were drawn to the area for whaling and fishing.
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19183
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Squid are now a managed resource in North Carolina waters, as fishermen begin to trawl more for the animal as markets around the world demand more squid.
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19184
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NC Sea Grant researcher Jeffery Johnson, an anthropologist at East Carolina University, is studying social networks among North Carolina commercial fishermen and how knowledge and adoption of technology flows amongst this group.
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19185
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Years ago, fishermen along the North Carolina coast used row boats, sail boats, and seines to net shrimp; today it is motorized and mechanical trawlers that haul giant nets. Within the many innovations among the fishing industry, some are unique to the North Carolina, tailored for the geography, the waters, and the species.
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19186
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Colonial sea birds, or birds that nest in colonies, are abundant along the North Carolina coast. As such, many are striving to prevent the degradation of their habitats and prevent the loss of diverse birds.
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19187
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Each year, thousands of water birds travel to Battery Island--a chuck of marsh rising out of the Cape Fear River across from Southport. During the summer this area becomes home to North Carolina's largest populations of white ibises, egrets, and heron. As such the state is leasing Battery Island to the Audubon Society as a sanctuary where it can be managed and studied as a refuge for water birds.
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19188
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After setbacks in population growth from the use of pesticides, brown pelican colonies are now flourishing in coastal North Carolina.
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19189
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The tiny town of Manteo will undergo a transformation while it plays host for America's 400th anniversary and the commemoration of the Roanoke voyages sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh.
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19190
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Few realize that Sir Walter Raleigh sponsored three voyages to North America--one for exploration and two for colonization--which all involved a small island today known as Roanoke. Hart examines the history of these voyages.
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19208
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Many of the pieces are still missing 400 years later in the puzzle of the Roanoke Colony. Historians and archaeologists alike are still searching for the missing 117 men, women, and children.
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19209
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Beneath the tilled farmland of North Carolina lies the secrets of a Native American civilization in the area long before the arrival of the British. With the help of modern archaeologists, researchers are finding clues to these Carolina Indian villages.
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19210
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Davis discusses marketing the shark fishing industry in North Carolina, as it faces ups and downs within the domestic market.
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19211
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Farmers have found that the wetlands that lie adjacent to coastal waters yield bountiful crops, but only if the water can be controlled.
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