Creating Solutions for the Global Blue Economy
The “Creating Solutions for the Global Blue Economy” workshop provided a forum for NC State undergraduate and graduate students to learn about the challenges facing development of resilient and sustainable coastal economies....Continue reading "Creating Solutions for the Global Blue Economy"
Jimmy Morris: Life on a ‘Finger Between Two Bays’
Resilience is a key trait for Jimmy Morris, founder of Morris Family Shellfish Farms and the Mill Point Hatchery in the small village of Sea Level, located in Carteret County’s Down East communities....Continue reading "Jimmy Morris: Life on a ‘Finger Between Two Bays’ "
Spat-On-Shell Demonstration Project Will Benefit Oyster Harvests and Coastal Ecosystems
North Carolina Sea Grant, the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and industry collaborators have joined forces on a new project to produce and deploy “spat-on-shell” to restore wild oyster populations for future harvest....Do Oyster Farms Support More Fish?
Researchers at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences have been studying local ecosystems under oyster farms, comparing their seagrass and fish communities to areas without oyster gear....Community, Ecosystem Resilience Highlighted at 2019 NC Coastal Conference
North Carolina Sea Grant hosted the 2019 Coastal Conference in Wilmington at the Hotel Ballast. ...Continue reading "Community, Ecosystem Resilience Highlighted at 2019 NC Coastal Conference"