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May 23, 2022

How Do Plant-Based Seafood Substitutes Compare to the Real Thing?

A new study looked at protein, salt, and other nutritional ingredients in over 200 seafood products.

May 16, 2022

How Do North Carolina Residents Rate the Water Quality at our Coast?

It depends on where they live.

May 9, 2022

How Often Do Sharks Swipe the Catch?

A new study reveals that avid anglers are no strangers to opportunistic sharks — and this could impact shark conservation.

May 2, 2022

Where Can Anglers Find Blue Marlin?

A new study reveals the depths and temperatures that blue marlin prefer.

Apr 25, 2022

How Does Seagrass React to Environmental Changes?

Genetically diverse seagrass beds on the North Carolina coast might be able to adapt better than seagrass that grows elsewhere.

Apr 18, 2022

Do We Understand the Power of Fishing for Food?

From the water's edge to the heart of the community: fishing for food is far more than a pastime.

Apr 11, 2022

What Are the Top 10 Most Common Types of Trash on the NC Coast?

Last year’s coastal trash included a garter belt and a windshield — but fishing gear made up less than 1% of the items that people picked up.

Apr 4, 2022

Where Do American Shad Like to Spawn?

When these fish return to the Albemarle Sound to reproduce, they prefer one river basin — by far.

Mar 28, 2022

Does it Help to Look at the Big Picture When Managing Menhaden?

A new model accounts for a number of factors that influence the populations of Atlantic menhaden and other species.

Mar 21, 2022

How Did People Catch Fish 12,000 Years Ago?

An archaeological site has revealed an enormous collection of early hooks, lines, and sinkers — and even evidence of artificial lures.