{"id":1004,"date":"2014-04-07T16:34:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T20:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=1004"},"modified":"2015-02-25T15:13:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T20:13:46","slug":"high-season-2008","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2008-2\/high-season-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"High Season 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ecosystems can’t afford to play musical chairs when it comes to habitat and food. Katie Mosher visits the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher to see a new national educational program to help halt the introduction and spread of invasive species.<\/p>\n
Each fall, thousands of volunteers clean the state’s waterways \u2014 and now students can learn “litter lessons” all year. Ann Green joins students working along Rocky Branch at North Carolina State University.<\/p>\n
North Carolina Sea Grant researchers use cutting-edge technology to find Bonamia<\/em> in Eastern oysters in a New Hanover County creek.<\/p>\n Robin Wienke explores why researchers need more data on peeler crabs, a profitable seasonal catch.<\/p>\n Investigators track spiny dogfish to discover how many of these small sharks there really are. This is just one of the new Fishery Resource Grant projects for 2008.<\/p>\n Tracy Shisler, a science teacher at Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies, brings hands-on learning to a new level through classroom fish and oyster hatcheries. Kathleen Angione visits with Shisler to learn about this amazing program.<\/p>\n As a follow-up to recommendations by the Waterfront Access Study Committee last year, the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries has identified sites that will have priority for the first $20 million of Waterfront Access and Marine Industry Fund monies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Table of Contents Aquatic Invaders: Aquariums, Zoos Highlight Nuisance Species Ecosystems can’t afford to play musical chairs when it comes to habitat and food. Katie Mosher visits the North Carolina…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":331,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-minimal.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1004","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSEA SCIENCE<\/em>:
\nBlue Crab Research Highlights Peelers<\/h3>\nSEA SCIENCE<\/em>:
\nSpiny Dogfish Research Among FRG Projects<\/h3>\nPEOPLE & PLACES<\/em>:<\/a>
\n Growing Coastal Stewardship:Student Aquaculture on the Outer Banks<\/a><\/h3>\nLEGAL TIDES<\/em>:
\n13 Sites Selected for Initial WAMI Projects<\/h3>\n