Skip to main content
Keeping Local Seafood Afloat: Workshop Explores Consumer Trends And Marketing Strategies

2008

Oct 1, 2008

PEOPLE & PLACES: Growing Coastal Stewardship: Student Aquaculture On The Outer Banks

A 30-year teaching veteran, she always looks for new ways to keep herself and her students motivated to learn. In 2006, with the help of John McCord of the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute (CSI), she started an oyster hatchery program with her middle school students at Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies. For the 2007-2008 school year, Shisler and McCord enlisted Turano's help to add black sea bass and flounder for a tag-and-release program.

Sep 1, 2008

PEOPLE & PLACES: Revisiting A Relic: Technology Key To Model Of CSS Neuse

The Civil War gunboat CSS Neuse was still a waterlogged hulk fresh from the Neuse River in the mid-1960s when amateur historian Bill Rowland began recording the relic for posterity.
image: Core Banks.

Sep 1, 2008

Education In Action: Schoolyard Projects Protect Estuaries

Manteo Middle is one stand-out example of the ongoing growth and success from the cultivation of those first seeds. APNEP expects to fund a new round of demonstration projects at the end of this year.
Libby Eaton and Tim Coyne in front of Bistro by the Sea.

Sep 1, 2008

Recognizing Quality At Your Local Seafood Counter

The face of the North Carolina seafood industry is constantly changing. Demand is increasing for commodities like crab, flounder and shrimp. Seafood processing operations, which used to be predominantly at the coast, are moving to inland locations.

Sep 1, 2008

Revealing The Deep: Teachers Explore Undersea Research and Technology

Thomas shows educators a quick way to measure topography — known as "relief — formed by mountain ranges, plains and canyons on the ocean floor. By using a simple shoe box with holes punched in the lid and other household materials, Thomas demonstrates how to map underwater terrain.

Jun 1, 2008

Naturalist’s Notebook: Lionfish: Where Are They Now?

North Carolina’s coast is a popular destination for scuba divers. Mysteries of pirates and shipwrecks have lured people from all over the world. Now a new spectacle — lionfish —…
Elementary school students picking up trash in an Asheville stream.

Jun 1, 2008

Creating Clean Environments: Big Sweep Offers New Curriculum Guide

As Jennifer Dziedzic leads volunteers along the banks of the Rocky Branch stream at North Carolina State University, it doesn’t take long for her trash bag to fill up. With…
A hand holding a bundle of mussels of an invasive species.

Jun 1, 2008

Aquatic Invaders: Aquariums, Zoos Highlight Nuisance Species

The program title — Aquatic Invaders — begins to draw a Saturday afternoon crowd. The added lure of “audience participation” fills many seats in the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort…

May 1, 2008

Barrier Island Buffers: Network Focuses On Stabilizing Ecosystems

On Bald Head Island, some homes are nestled in the stunning maritime forest amid a canopy of stately live oaks, cedar and wax myrtles. For homeowners, the picturesque trees are…
Ocracoke Seafood Company.

May 1, 2008

Keeping Local Seafood Afloat: Workshop Explores Consumer Trends And Marketing Strategies

From pet food to seafood, the recent scare over contaminated imports has people questioning the origins of what they, and even their four-legged friends, are eating. Just as products labeled "natural" or "organic" are growing in popularity along grocery store aisles, the demand is rising for products that are locally grown and harvested.