Search Results for oysters

Dec 1, 2009

Mariner’s Menu: Seafood Soups: A Fine Kettle of Fish & Shellfish

Chock full of vegetables and seafood, soups and stews make a hearty meal. On a cold day, a hot bowl of scallop bisque or old-fashioned clam chowder needs only a good crusty bread or cornbread to round it out.

Jun 1, 2009

MAPPING THE OVERLAP: Terrapins & Crab Pots in the Lower Cape Fear Region

Visitors unfamiliar with Masonboro Island may wonder what planet they are on when a hooded figure in hip-high boots emerges out of the fog with a large antenna. A seasoned visitor would know it's only University of North Carolina Wilmington graduate student Leigh Anne Harden — known by some locals as the "turtle girl" — out on a chilly spring morning to track and observe her reptilian research subjects.

Dec 1, 2008

Oyster Metrics: Reef Research Identifies Habitat

On the edge of Masonboro Sound near Wilmington, researcher Martin Posey stands in ankle-deep mud near an oyster reef. He bends over the created reef and marvels at the new oyster larvae, also called spat.

Dec 1, 2008

Simply Shellfish: Growers Tout Shellfish Aquaculture Sustainability

It's a sustainable form of agriculture that puts tasty dishes on the tables of restaurants and homes across the country. It's an industry that stimulates the economy. And it promotes a lifestyle of coastal tradition in North Carolina.

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.

Mar 1, 2008

Back To The Future: Revisiting Cisterns And Rain Gardens

Although North Carolina cities are not under armed siege, our waters face threats from rising coastal populations and aquifer mining, periodic drought, and contaminated stormwater runoff.

Oct 1, 2007

Oral History: Documenting Down East Fishing Traditions

Fulcher's fond memories of the seafood business are being recorded for an oral history project at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Markers Island.

May 1, 2007

SEA SCIENCE: Network Connects Students to Algae Research

"I have learned what plankton do," Nelson says. "It is exciting to find harmful algal blooms and something that can have such an effect on our lives. I didn't realize the toxicity of harmful algal blooms."

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.

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.