Mar 1, 2009

Hurricane Awareness: Hurricane Research, Events Focus on Past, Future Storms

One of the world's premier research aircraft, a NOAA WP-3D Orion Hurricane Hunter, will make two appearances in North Carolina this spring.

Mar 1, 2009

More than Sport: Research Targets Speckled Trout

Despite the cold and a few flurries, Ricky Kellum, a fishing charter captain known as "The Speckled Specialist," and Tim Ellis, a North Carolina State University doctoral student, are braving the near-freezing temperatures to do a little fishing.

Mar 1, 2009

Texting Your Catch: New Technology for Recreational Fishing Data

At nearly every fisheries management meeting he attends, Baker hears the same complaint: North Carolina's recreational fishermen don't have to account for their catch. Two years ago, during a regional meeting about snapper and grouper, Baker looked down at his hands and finally saw a possible answer: his mobile phone.