Mar 12, 2018
In June 2017, news broke that a chemical called GenX had been identified in drinking water drawn from the Cape Fear River in the Wilmington area of North Carolina, with more than 200,000 public utility customers in three counties affected.
Mar 7, 2018
North Carolina Sea Grant is a truly entrepreneurial organization in delivering research, education and outreach impacts across our coast. Over the five years since I joined Sea Grant, I repeatedly have observed the underlying threads of our success: the ability of our team and researchers to build on existing expertise, while identifying new partners who broaden Sea Grant’s reach and programming.
North Carolina is cultivating its love of oysters — along with economic opportunities for coastal communities.
Mar 5, 2018
As a spotter plane for commercial fishing operations flies over nearshore waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the pilot keeps an eye on the surface below for shifting shapes like oil slicks.
Mar 1, 2018
Once marine debris is identified, removing it is no small task. Waterlogged pilings and dock sections are incredibly heavy and require a plan — and help from partners — to remove. The Reserve team worked with Tow Boat U.S. - Atlantic Coast Marine Group, the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort and the Town of Beaufort to collect and dispose of the debris in 2016. The team also recruited many hands from the community to help clean up the reserve.
North Carolina is home to more than 12,000 miles of shoreline in the transition between salt and fresh waters. These areas include large estuaries like the Albemarle and Pamlico sounds, as well as hundreds of tidal creeks. Our four southernmost coastal counties — Onslow, Pender, New Hanover and Brunswick — contain at least 73 tidal creeks.
“You are invited to ‘Fish Camp,’ a small, two-day, regional gathering of commercial fishermen in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who can learn peer-to-peer, and together chart a course for North Carolina’s fishing future.”
What’s the coolest thing you’ve found on the beach lately? For me, it was a seahorse. I spied it during a scavenger hunt in Corolla. Terri Kirby Hathaway, North Carolina Sea Grant’s marine education specialist, had organized the event as part of a Sea Grant Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, held not long after a series of nor’easters had struck the East Coast.
