Sandra Harris

Oct 1, 2007

Dogs Days: Estimating Spiny Dogfish Populations

For 10 years, Roger Rulifson, an East Carolina University (ECU) researcher, has studied spiny dogfish through funds from five N.C. Fishery Resource Grants (FRG). FRG is funded by the N.C. General Assembly and administered by North Carolina Sea Grant.

Oct 1, 2007

Small City, Big Plans

"Little Washington," as locals say, is a small city with big plans for its future. City leaders want to keep the historic downtown hopping by luring more businesses, tourists and residents with innovative land-use and development plans, tax credits and grant programs.

Oct 1, 2007

Fish House Study Quantifies Decline

When Clayton Fulcher Seafood Company closes, Luther L. Smith & Son Fish House will be the last seafood packing house in Atlantic, a community in Carteret County's Down East area.

Oct 1, 2007

Oral History: Documenting Down East Fishing Traditions

Fulcher's fond memories of the seafood business are being recorded for an oral history project at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Markers Island.

Sep 1, 2007

SEA SCIENCE: Getting to Know North Carolina’s Natural Reefs

Recent studies on reef fish communities off North Carolina and along the southeastern United States could help determine final boundaries and improve management plans for eight proposed deepwater Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and four deep-sea coral Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPCs).

Sep 1, 2007

Marine Trades Training Boosts Coastal Economy

It’s almost dark as several men gather around an unfinished wooden boat in a Nags Head garage. As one man bends over the boat to measure the hull’s centerline, the…

Sep 1, 2007

The Bat Barometer

When it comes to environmental change, Mother Nature's creatures are often the best bellwethers. The bald eagle opened our eyes to the dangers of pesticides. Giant pandas show us the cost of habitat loss and deforestation. The plight of the polar bears heralds rising temperatures for the earth. Usually, it is these bioindicators — the rare, the exotic and the remote — that make headlines.

Jun 1, 2007

COASTAL STEWARD: Clark’s Influence Felt Statewide

After more than two decades as North Carolina Sea Grant’s coastal law, planning and policy specialist Walter Clark has left for greener pastures. Or at least more mountainous ones. Clark…

May 1, 2007

SEA SCIENCE: Network Connects Students to Algae Research

"I have learned what plankton do," Nelson says. "It is exciting to find harmful algal blooms and something that can have such an effect on our lives. I didn't realize the toxicity of harmful algal blooms."

May 1, 2007

SEA BASS POTS: Bigger Mesh May Yield Larger Fish

Burgess is working on an N.C. Fishery Resource Grant (FRG) to study the efficiency and effectiveness of different configurations of black sea bass pots. FRG is funded by the N.C. General Assembly and administered by North Carolina Sea Grant. Rudershausen and Scott Baker, a Sea Grant fisheries extension specialist, are helping with the study.