Dave Shaw

Jul 1, 2024

Ancient Oyster Fisheries

Globally, oyster populations have been declining. Oyster management strategies often rely on knowledge and data from the past two centuries — a period during which many oyster fisheries collapsed due to overharvest, habitat loss, and other causes. 

Jun 30, 2024

Soul of the Soil

As the waters of the Cape Fear River Basin weave through the North Carolina Piedmont down into the Coastal Plains, they pass power plants, hog and poultry farms, paper mills, landfills, textile mills, agricultural farms, and more. These facilities mark the Cape Fear River, which provides drinking water for 500,000 residents and is the most industrialized in the state.

Jun 29, 2024

NC’s True Ghost Story

North Carolina hosts a variety of ghost stories, from Blackbeard’s spirit searching for his severed head along the Outer Banks to UNC-Chapel Hill’s Horace Williams returning to campus from beyond the grave to haunt Caldwell Hall. Although the veracity of these accounts is dubious, there is more than enough evidence to support one particular North Carolina ghost story: the eerie remains of once-flourishing forests along the Atlantic Coast.

Jun 29, 2024

Mariner’s Menu

Mariner’s Menu, North Carolina Sea Grant’s popular online seafood guide, features blogger and photographer Vanda Lewis’s pictures with hundreds of recipes that Joyce Taylor developed. Now, you can see what…

Jun 28, 2024

Letter from Susan White, Executive Director

Summer temperatures are upon us, and the tiptoe racing across hot sand and into the ocean is this season’s NC Olympic competition. We have some great resources to help you and your family and friends’ balancing act for indoor and outdoor activities.

Jun 26, 2024

Hook, Line & Science

How can we rebuild the stock of South Atlantic red snapper? Is that windmill in your way? Do big city toadfish stay up later than country toadfish?

Jun 26, 2024

Vital Signs: Caribbean Creep

“Fouling” species — such as sea squirts, bivalves, barnacles, and seaweeds — can create substantial communities that cover docks, piers, and boat bottoms.

Jun 26, 2024

SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD: What can ancient oyster fisheries teach us about sustainable harvesting today?

Globally, oyster populations have been declining. Oyster management strategies often rely on knowledge and data from the past two centuries — a period during which many oyster fisheries collapsed due…

Jun 26, 2024

Conserving wildlife can help mitigate climate change

Protecting wildlife across the world could significantly enhance natural carbon capture and storage by supercharging ecosystem carbon sinks, a new study led by Yale School of the Environment Oastler Professor…

Jun 26, 2024

The Guide to Coastal Living

Bulkheads have been popular, but these structures come with a number of negatives.