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Holiday 2013
Stephen Polan holds the remains of a skipjack.

Holiday 2013

GUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE: Fish Stomachs Help Identify Atlantic Pelagic Food Web

Catching fish is the most important part of fishing. Gutting is a messy step to cook what is landed. For seafood lovers and anglers, fish guts and gonads are rarely of any value. Most often, they land in the trash.

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image: Bottlenose dolphin.

SEA SCIENCE: Riding the Waves: Identifying and Protecting Marine Mammals

Between July and October 2013, about 700 dolphins stranded along the U.S. East Coast, drawing the attention of scientists and coastal residents.
A tagged shad is held in the waters by researchers.

NATURALIST’S NOTEBOOK: Silver Spawners: Restoring Shad to the Cape Fear

But the silvery shad, a favorite of anglers, should find the Cape Fear a bit more welcoming these days. Returning spawners will discover fish-friendly improvements advanced by the Cape Fear River Partnership — a coalition of 23 state and federal agencies, municipalities and conservation groups.
Headshot of Georgann Eubanks.

LITERARY TRAILS: Lost and Found in the Northeastern Corridor

In Literary Trails of Eastern North Carolina: A Guidebook, Georgann Eubanks offers readers 18 tours that take them to the places that have inspired novelists, playwrights, poets and journalists to write about eastern North Carolina.

image: Susan White.

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Teamwork Offers Keys to Success

For example, the coming year will bring exciting opportunities to broaden Sea Grant's engagement with academic partners through a new Coastal and Marine Science Consortium that will include leaders of marine-focused programs across the University of North Carolina system and Duke University.
Burgess shown holding black sea bass.

SIZE MATTERS: Testing a New Mesh Size for Black Sea Bass

This time, they are experimenting with various mesh sizes that will trap fish 11 inches or longer, the new size limit for the commercial black sea bass fishery. They also want to ensure sublegal, or undersized, fish can escape.
Headshot of Georgann Eubanks.

Q&A WITH GEORGANN EUBANKS

Here, Eubanks chats about her travels in eastern North Carolina, what influence place has on writers and how she thinks readers can best use her guidebooks.
Voiland holds his award.

PEOPLE & PLACES: Voiland Earns Sea Grant National Honor

Voiland's 40-plus years of service to the Sea Grant network — from an early focus on Lake Ontario in New York to his administrative roles — were cited for the William Q. Wick Award for Visionary Career Leadership through Administration. The award honors a network leader who served Oregon Sea Grant in multiple roles.
Fishing Sign

CURRENTS: Estuarine Species in the Spotlight

North Carolina Sea Grant's popular seafood availability chart was recently adapted for display at the N.C. Aquarium at Roanoke Island's new pier.