{"id":7299,"date":"2017-12-01T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=7299"},"modified":"2024-08-20T14:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T18:00:14","slug":"project-snapshots-peek-into-coastal-north-carolina-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/project-snapshots-peek-into-coastal-north-carolina-research\/","title":{"rendered":"PROJECT SNAPSHOTS: Peek Into Coastal North Carolina Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat is North Carolina Sea Grant?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I field that question whenever people ask about my job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High-school students in Hatteras are developing a fish taco using cape shark, intended for the school cafeteria. Photo by Evan Ferguson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe support marine and coastal research in North Carolina,\u201d is my usual response. There\u2019s more than that, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sea Grant has a strong commitment to outreach and education. My colleagues and I bring data and results gathered by the scientists we fund to the state\u2019s communities, decision makers and visitors \u2014 essentially wherever that information is most needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does that mean, actually? I suppose I could tell you, describe it in glorious detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, here\u2019s a lesson I learned as an aspiring writer: \u201cShow, don\u2019t tell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So in the interest of demonstrating what we do, where we are doing it, and how our work might affect the state, we reached out to several Sea Grant-funded researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTell us what you\u2019re doing now,\u201d we requested. Here are some of their responses in the following articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n