Search Results for oysters

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.

Dec 1, 2006

Crowding Out Shellfish

When Jim and Bonnie Swartzenberg began farming shellfish near Holly Ridge in 1980, the Onslow County couple could look out across the sound and not see a single rooftop.

Dec 1, 2006

Going With the Flow: Aquaculture’s Water Quality Woes

Clean water. Fish need it, shellfish need it, and people want to live near it. But the livelihood of fish and shellfish farmers depends on it. As development in North Carolina's coastal regions continues to increase, waste and water quality issues are being forced to the forefront of North Carolina's aquaculture industries.

Sep 1, 2006

SEA GRANT PROGRAMS HELP STORM VICTIMS

Becker is just one of many charter boat captains, commercial fishers, seafood dealers and other constituents who were helped by Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant and Louisiana Sea Grant.

Dec 1, 2005

Learning from the Past: Old Maps Help Build A New Future For The Eastern Oyster

In the age of online mapping services, paper maps may seem obsolete — but try telling that to Eugene Ballance, an Ocracoke fisherman who is transforming 118-year-old survey maps of Pamlico Sound into blueprints for restoring the Eastern oyster.

Dec 1, 2005

Conservation By Design: Variations On A Theme

By the year 2020, an additional two million people are expected to call North Carolina home. Much of the predicted growth is expected to occur along the coast.