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Oral History: Documenting Down East Fishing Traditions

High Season 2007

Oct 1, 2007

PEOPLE & PLACES: Queen’s Quest: Human Dimensions in Coastal Science

Under Queen's leadership, East Carolina University's Institute for Coastal & Marine Resources (ICMR) researchers put social science issues on the table.
View of sunset from Hatteras Island.

Oct 1, 2007

SEA SCIENCE: Aquatic Robotics: Teens Plunge into Technology

The Cape Hatteras Secondary students are practicing for a ROV contest organized by the Marine Advanced Technology Center (MATE). Manteo High School students also are participating in the practice session.

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.
A building in Washington, North Carolina

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.
NC Fish House

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.
fishermen fishing

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.