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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.

Dec 22, 2014

Fellowship Opportunity Times Four

By SANDRA HARRIS Posted December 22, 2014 If you are a North Carolina-based graduate student, check out four state and national fellowships available through North Carolina Sea Grant. Don’t let…

Dec 15, 2014

Tis the Season…for Birds

Jack Thigpen encourages readers to join the Christmas Bird Count and find out which birds visit our coast.

Dec 11, 2014

Starring Wild-Caught, Local Shrimp

Barry Nash explains how North Carolina Sea Grant and its partners help North Carolina fishermen meet the rising consumer demand for ready-to-cook, local seafood. An example is wild-caught, local shrimp that has been peeled and frozen.

Dec 10, 2014

Local = Seasonal with North Carolina Seafood

Fisheries specialist Scott Baker highlights how North Carolina Sea Grant has worked to help local communities brand their seafood. These efforts had raised consumer awareness about the value of local seafood and its seasonality.