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Drifting Along: Sea Grant Scientists Study Oyster Larvae

2007

Small sea bass lined up on a tray

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.
Micah Daniels

May 1, 2007

COMMUNITY CHARM: Wanchese Implements Innovative Zoning

In the heart of the tiny fishing village of Wanchese, Lorraine Tillett strolls over to a fence surrounding the small backyard of a blue house. Tillett leans over the fence to pet a reddish-brown horse not far from a haystack. "See how friendly the horses are," says Tillett, a long-time Wanchese resident. "This is a perfect example of a traditional village business. The new zoning allows for boarded horses and equestrian-related uses."
image: person fishing in the ocean during sunset.

Mar 1, 2007

Waterfront Access: Meetings Highlight Spectrum of Needs

People seeking access — for commercial and recreational fishing, seafood handling, paddling, boating, operating marine-related businesses or simply wading in sound and river waters — shared their recent public comment sessions held along the coast.
Crystal skippers sip nectar from native N.C. plants such as coastal plain dewberry.

Mar 1, 2007

NATURALIST’S NOTEBOOK: Bogue’s New Butterfly

The strategic location of Fort Macon on the eastern end of Bogue Banks may have protected Confederate troops from the Union during the civil war, but today its status as a state park protects what may be a new species of butterfly.
North Carolina's estuarine shoreline

Mar 1, 2007

Finding Flounder: Testing Low-Profile Gill Nets

Well before sunrise, the Engelhard resident is already at work in the sound's choppy waters. He removes an orange and black buoy attached to the end of one of his gill nets and reels it in with the white winch on his boat.
oyster larvae

Mar 1, 2007

Drifting Along: Sea Grant Scientists Study Oyster Larvae

Two U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary members prepare to retrieve a drifter with a ball and drogue, or neutrally buoyant float suspended below the water surface. One man drops a net into the water and then scoops up a drift buoy, known as a drifter. Then both men lift the 40-pound drifter onto the deck.