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28560
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Cape shark, also known as spiny dogfish, is typically abundant in North Carolina waters. Students at Cape Hatteras Secondary School created special cape shark recipes, and hope to spread awareness about the importance of fresh, local seafood. They are also developing tools to communicate cape shark research to the public.
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28561
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Danielle Keller, a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute of Marine Sciences, describes how changing seagrass cover in North Carolina waters might affect juvenile fish.
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28562
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Undergraduate students at Chowan University are studying wetland accretion and change. Their work is part of the North Carolina Collaborative Research Grant Program.
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28563
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North Carolina Sea Grant’s Marine Fisheries Fellowship program has given graduate students the opportunity to work directly in fisheries and resource management. Four former marine fisheries fellows from 2016 are now conducting research from the continental shelf of Florida to the lakes of Oregon.
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28564
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In wake of Hurricane Matthew’s devastation in North Carolina, state and local officials are looking for creative suggestions from university faculty and students. One option for long-term recovery is Community Scale Assisted Migration, a program that helps move residents out of the floodplain by keeps them near their community.
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28565
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The Cultural Resources Emergency Support Team (CREST), a division of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, helps with recovery of cultural heritage collections. Following Hurricane Matthew, CREST held workshops on properly cleaning and preserving personal documents, and developed a database of institutions affected by the hurricane.
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28788
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The 1997 Fisheries Reform Act significantly changed the fisheries management process in North Carolina. Before the act, there were no comprehensive management plans for important fish and shellfish species. The environment and social conditions that caused the act to be passed are discussed by key figures involved in acts creation.
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28789
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The reproductive practices of marine and estuarine animals are detailed for young and old readers. Reproduction, fertilization, the gender of aquatic animals, population size, and environmental cues are all defined and discussed with examples provided. Included is a glossary of terms.
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28790
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The partnership between oyster fishermen and scientists is a unique one. The Sandbar Oyster Company and the Institute of Marine Sciences of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill work together with local knowledge with scientific knowledge and data to harvest and study North Carolina’s oysters. Their partnership is good for business, education, and research.
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28791
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The boring sponge is narrowing the regions that are open to shellfish harvests free of the infestation. The boring sponge has a major effect on oyster populations and pose an economic problem to oyster farmers. The author discusses a study he created to test how oysters were affected by the substrate on which the oysters grow. The results of the study and the problem are detailed.
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28792
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Last year, more than 4,3000 lost or abandoned crab pots were removed from state waters. The crab pots pose many problems to wildlife and humans. The problem and the task of recovering the pots is detailed.
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29019
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Institute of Marine Sciences are working to optimize oyster reef restoration in North Carolina's sounds. This involves a team working to construct reefs and monitor their growth over time.
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29020
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Derelict crab pots that litter the North Carolina waterways are being used to build oyster reefs. Turning hazards into habitat is one of the goals of this study that examines the ecological characteristics of natural and restored reefs, and provide ideal locations for restoration.
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29523
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With funding from NASA, North Carolina Space Grant sponsored a series of special events across the state for viewing the banding of the solar eclipse. Events included a scientific investigation by a high-altitude ballooning team from Lenoir-Rhyne University.
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29524
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Recently published by the University of North Carolina Press, 'Water's Edge: A Heritage Guide to the Outer Banks Byway,' by Barbara Garrity-Blake and Karen Willis Amspacher shares tales of local histories and traditions from the people and communities that run from Whalebone Junction to Beaufort, North Carolina.
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