{"id":804,"date":"2013-06-01T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=804"},"modified":"2024-09-24T13:07:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:07:42","slug":"marine-debris-oyster-health-among-new-bcsrp-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/marine-debris-oyster-health-among-new-bcsrp-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Debris, Oyster Health among New BCSRP Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
This year, North Carolina Sea Grant will fund six N.C. Blue Crab and Shellfish Research Program projects. The BCSRP pairs crabbers, and shellfish harvesters and farmers with researchers and fishery managers to investigate and enhance North Carolina’s blue crab and shellfish fisheries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It links fishermen and researchers to do collaborative research on these fisheries that are important to the state,” says Marc Turano, mariculture and blue crab extension specialist with Sea Grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, research topics include crab-pot loss, oyster spat monitoring and oyster shell-eroding sponges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n