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Do Self-Releasing Hooks Minimize Fish Injuries During Catch-and-Release?
![](https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/hooklinescience/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2022/11/HLS-Great_White_Shark-Bernard-DUPONT-CC-BY-SA-2.0_Carcharodon_carcharias_32749142772-scaled-1.jpg)
Are Young Great Whites Swimming Coastal Carolina Waters?
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How Much Ocean Floor Off the Southeast Coast Do Natural Reefs Occupy?
![image: A ruddy turnstone on the shore of the Mosquito Lagoon, Florida. Credit: Kate Perez/CC-BY-SA 4.0.](https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/hooklinescience/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2022/06/HLS-A_Ruddy-turnstone-on-the-shore-of-the-Mosquito-Lagoon-Kate-Perez-CC-BY-SA-4.0-scaled-1.jpeg)
How Do Restored Oyster Reefs Stack Up Against Live Oyster Reefs?
![image: Southern flounder.](https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/hooklinescience/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2022/10/HLS-southern-flounder-paralichthys-lethostigma-noaa.jpeg)
Is Climate Change Making More Flounder Male Than Female?
![Bluefish illustration.](https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/hooklinescience/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2022/10/Bluefish-illustration.png)
Do Contaminants Affect the Bluefish Population?
![illustration: Passive acoustic recorders and seining were used to investi- gate long-term patterns of fish courtship sounds and their relationship to young-of-the-year appearance and abundance, credit: Claire Mueller.](https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/hooklinescience/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-30-at-1.31.38-PM.png)
Can the Sounds of Courting Fish Help Predict the Number of Offspring?
![image: Gulf Coast red tide. Credit: NOAA.](https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/hooklinescience/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2022/09/HLS-redtide-top-NOAA.jpeg)
What Can Twitter Tell Us About Red Tides?
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Do Wildlife Management Areas Support Local Businesses?
![image: Recreational boater family cruises the ICW behind Figure Eight Island.](https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/hooklinescience/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2022/09/HLS-boating-CO-SG.NewHanover.5112-scaled-1.jpg)