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Katie Mosher previews two topics.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2015-2\/spring-2015\/demographic-data-offer-insights\/\"><strong>Demographic Data Offer Insights<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/a>Step into the world of demography, including questions that reach beyond census data.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2015-2\/spring-2015\/navigating-coastal-transportation-needs\/\"><strong>Navigating Coastal Transportation Needs\u2028<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/a>Learn about the new priority-setting process used in the state\u2019s draft transportation plan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2015-2\/spring-2015\/rewarding-innovation-jones-awards\/\">REWARDING INNOVATION: Jones Awards<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Six North Carolina recipients were recognized with 2014 Jones Award,\u2028 a prestigious national honor. Rebecca Nagy catches up with them.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2015-2\/spring-2015\/resurrecting-sturgeon-infusing-new-flavors-into-an-old-favorite\/\">RESURRECTING STURGEON:\u2028 Infusing New Flavors Into an Old Favorite<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Barry Nash describes a North Carolina Fishery Resource Grant-supported project that featured sturgeon prepared in ways researchers hoped would meet the culinary expectations of today\u2019s consumers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2015-2\/spring-2015\/sturgeon-recipes\/\"><strong>Sturgeon Recipes\u2028<\/strong><\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em>Tim Coyne, executive chef at Bistro By The Sea, shares some recipes that were sampled during sturgeon tasting sessions.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2015-2\/spring-2015\/a-sturgeon-primer\/\"><strong>A Sturgeon Primer<\/strong><\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em>Chuck Weirich discusses the sturgeon lifecycle and the process of harvesting caviar.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2015-2\/spring-2015\/throwback-tasting\/\"><strong>Throwback Tasting\u2028<\/strong><\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em>Test a recipe for a traditional sturgeon stew.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2015-2\/spring-2015\/currents-three-nc-scholars-begin-knauss-fellowship\/\"><em>CURRENTS<\/em>:<br \/>\nThree NC Scholars Begin Knauss Fellowship<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Meet the 2015 Knauss fellows from North Carolina \u2014 three women \u2028from Duke University.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2015-2\/spring-2015\/beyond-the-beach-african-american-history-in-coastal-carolina\/\"><em><strong>PEOPLE AND PLACES<\/strong><\/em>:<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2015-2\/spring-2015\/beyond-the-beach-african-american-history-in-coastal-carolina\/\"> Beyond the Beach: African-American History in Coastal Carolina<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Cynthia Sharpe highlights several locations in Eastern North Carolina that are rich in African-American history.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2015-2\/spring-2015\/naturalists-notebook-evicting-an-invader-reducing-the-spread-of-hydrilla\/\"><em>NATURALIST\u2019S NOTEBOOK<\/em>:<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2015-2\/spring-2015\/naturalists-notebook-evicting-an-invader-reducing-the-spread-of-hydrilla\/\"> Evicting An Invader: Reducing the Spread of <em>Hydrilla\u2028<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Nichole Riddle explains why <em>Hydrilla <\/em>is such a pernicious plant, and explores efforts to control it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Where Minds Collide, Opportunities Arise Executive Director Susan White discusses the actions and collaborations she hopes will emerge from North Carolina&#8217;s Coastal Conference&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":4342,"menu_order":2,"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-4532","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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