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Dave Shaw

May 1, 2015

Rocky Branch: New Look, Old Story

For the past 13 years, Barbara, who is North Carolina Sea Grant water protection and restoration specialist and faculty in NC State University’s Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, has led a multimillion dollar, multiphased project to restore Rocky Branch Creek.

Apr 28, 2015

Frozen Shrimp: Ensuring Seafood Safety

Barry Nash discusses food-safety tips for handling frozen shrimp.

Apr 20, 2015

Pollinated? Coastal Waters Run Yellow

Sara Mirabilio goes in search of the source of yellow ocean water. Perhaps it is Trichodesmium erythraeum, a marine cyanobacterium found worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters. The blue-green algae blooms seasonally off the North Carolina coast. Charter boat captains regularly share accounts of “marine pollen” or “sulphur” when describing an occurrence of yellow coastal waters, which likely are spottings of Trichodesmium blooms.

Mar 16, 2015

Mariner’s Menu: Behind the Scenes

E-Ching Lee goes behind the scenes at a Mariner's Menu photo shoot.

Mar 9, 2015

A New Method To Restore Streams, Borrowed from Maryland

Barbara Doll, Sea Grant's water protection and restoration specialist, explains Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance, a new way of restoring degraded streams in urban areas.

Mar 3, 2015

A Delicious Stew, Whatever the Name

Vanda Lewis shares a family recipe for conch stew, a Down East Carteret County specialty.

Mar 2, 2015

What’s In a Name? Conch vs. Whelk

Terri Kirby Hathaway explains the difference between the two mollusks.

Feb 3, 2015

On the Water Collecting Data and Debris

Gloria Putnam describes her ride on the water with Outer Banks fishermen to find lost crab pots. Along the way, she also collected data that could help future efforts to retrieve these pots.

Jan 30, 2015

Turning the Tide on Trash

Photo by Sara Mirabilio. Along with 31 other volunteers, Sara Mirabilio helped collect marine debris from two sites on Roanoke Island in the middle of January. In this post, she offers a pictorial journey — and an education on what washes up on our shores.

Jan 29, 2015

Writing About Science

Read an excerpt from Terri Kirby Hathaway's guest blog for the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher’s Sea Turtle Exploration website.