Rebecca Nagy

Dec 1, 2012

NATURALIST’S NOTEBOOK: Shells, Ships and Fish: North Carolina Coastal Emblems in Your Hand

Wet-nosed, floppy-eared Plott hounds. Stock car racing. Milk. Each is among the dozens of official state symbols designated by North Carolina’s General Assembly. The list also includes several emblems of our coast.

Dec 1, 2012

SEA SCIENCE: Hooks in the Gulf Stream: Captains and Scientists Reel in Data

Fishing aficionados are constantly discussing the best baits, lines, leaders and hooks to improve their fish-catching odds.

Dec 1, 2012

Rainwater Harvesting: Recycling a Precious Resource

To borrow a phrase from Yogi Berra, when it comes to harvesting rainwater, it’s “déjà vu all over again.”

Dec 1, 2012

Where to Next? Uncovering Property Owners’ Perceptions

For communities in coastal North Carolina, tourism and development present many challenges. Changes often happen quickly, putting stress on local resources.

Dec 1, 2012

Ship Ashore! Risk and the Historic U.S. Life-Saving Service

Haunting tales of doomed vessels and heroic rescues of shipwrecked sailors along North Carolina’s coast are the stuff of lore and legend. And so are the lifesaving stations and crews that kept watch on the Graveyard of the Atlantic over the past 140 years.

Sep 1, 2012

MARINER’S MENU: Fish Ashore

Since 1973, representatives from home extension clubs in Carteret County, North Carolina have met each month in a Morehead City kitchen to test new ways of handling, storing and preparing fish and shellfish caught off the North Carolina coast. Their 30 years of seafood wisdom are now gathered in this comprehensive guide for cooks who want to know more than just how to bake or fry fish.

Sep 1, 2012

PEOPLE AND PLACES: Awarding North Carolina Innovation

Ten graduate student awards are given nationally every other year. North Carolina Sea Grant provided research funding for four of the six North Carolina winners in 2012. Also, three of the graduate students are doing research within N.C. National Estuarine Research Reserve sites.

Sep 1, 2012

NATURALIST’S NOTEBOOK: North Carolina’s Coastal Treasures

Anthony stepped off the school bus. He raised his head to view the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. His science class with Mrs. Baker was about to discover more about the coast.

Sep 1, 2012

People-First Tourism: Connecting with Nature’s Bounty

On the other hand, read on if you opt to connect with people whose tourism ventures embrace the natural environment — ecology, culture and history — of places a bit off well-worn paths.

Sep 1, 2012

Counting Fish: Testing Shipboard Video Monitoring

But that water can obscure a lot of data. Just ask the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. It is working to collect sufficient information on the snapper grouper fishery in the region to set and update fishing regulations.