Record #:

19367

Author(s):

Weaver, Michael

Abstract:

Estuaries are the world's most fertile undersea environments, where fish and other ocean creatures migrate to feed and grow. Despite their importance and abundance in the state, North Carolina did not protect estuaries until the 1980s. But by 1987 North Carolina wrapped a protective ring around more than 128,000 acres of estuaries; however, it struggles to maintain this protection.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Feb 1990, p4-5, f

Subject(s):

Estuaries--North Carolina