Sandra Harris

Mar 1, 2010

SEA SCIENCE: Harvests of Perserverance: Sea Grant-Funded Innovations Showcased at State Aquaculture Conference

Perry was one of the 190 participants of the 22nd North Carolina Aquaculture Development Conference, held in Atlantic Beach in January. Co-sponsored by North Carolina Sea Grant, the annual meeting and trade show serves industry professionals and prospective investors like Perry. Marine aquaculture was a special focus this year, and Perry joined some 50 others on a tour of Carteret County mariculture operations.

Mar 1, 2010

TIDINGS: Bloggers Hooked on Angler Text Messaging Tool

At the ScienceOnline2010 conference in January, Internet-savvy writers and researchers were abuzz over RECTEXT (www.rectext.org), a North Carolina Sea Grant project that helps tournament fishermen report their catch data using cell phone text messaging.

Mar 1, 2010

COASTAL HABITAT PROTECTION PLAN: Preserving Critical Ecosystems

The revised plan will cite program progress in particular types of habitats. It also will consider emerging issues, such as anticipated sea-level rise and its impacts, as well as detection of pharmaceutical waste in coastal waters.

Mar 1, 2010

ROCKY BRANCH REVIVAL

After more than a decade and $8.3 million dollars, the restoration of Rocky Branch, an urban stream in Raleigh once listed among the most polluted in the state, is nearly complete.

Dec 15, 2009

MARINER’S MENU: New Blog Features Fresh Seafood Ideas and More

People who are eating healthier are including more seafood in their diets, says blog contributor Barry Nash. And with the struggling economy, consumers are eating more meals at home.

Dec 15, 2009

NATURALIST’S NOTEBOOK: Coastal Invasion: The Argentine Ant

They’ve hit shore, creeping with stealth onto the lawns of unwary Outer Banks residents, with their populations of hundreds, or hundreds of thousands, or even millions of individuals, all hungry. Soon, the lawn is not enough. They trickle into coastal homes, a steady stream growing stronger by the day. People begin finding them in sinks and cereal boxes, trespassing on car seats and creeping across crepe myrtle.

Dec 15, 2009

A POUND OF PREVENTION

Now Barco is at the frontline of preventing some dolphin injuries from happening in the first place. Bottlenose dolphins near Virginia Beach must co-exist with commercial fishers. Yet some stranded dolphins are being found with tangles and scars from pound nets, a crucial fishing gear in the region.

Dec 15, 2009

SEA SCIENCE: Aquatic Science Within Reach: Fisheries Research Provides Classroom Lessons

As part of research funded by North Carolina Sea Grant, biologist Anthony Overton and science educator Rhea Miles are fine-tuning lesson plans and products field tested with students in a science camp.

Dec 1, 2009

Mariner’s Menu: Seafood Soups: A Fine Kettle of Fish & Shellfish

Chock full of vegetables and seafood, soups and stews make a hearty meal. On a cold day, a hot bowl of scallop bisque or old-fashioned clam chowder needs only a good crusty bread or cornbread to round it out.

Dec 1, 2009

SEA SCIENCE: RESEARCH GROWS FUTURE SCIENTISTS

In environmentally controlled growth chambers at Elon University in the piedmont, far from its usual habitat in the upper intertidal zones of estuaries, black needlerush, Juncus roemerianus, seedlings are growing — slowly.