Coastal NC, Jones Awards, Sturgeon, African-American History Featured in Coastwatch

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E-Ching Lee, 919-515-9098, eching_lee@ncsu.edu

Posted Thursday, April 16, 2015  

The coastal region was the focus of North Carolina’s Coastal Conference held this week in Raleigh, drawing university researchers, government officials, and leaders of businesses and community organizations. In North Carolina Sea Grant’s Spring 2015 issue of Coastwatch magazine, Katie Mosher highlights two hot topics of the event — demography and coastal transportation.

Six North Carolina recipients — all with North Carolina Sea Grant ties — were honored with the prestigious 2014 Walter B. Jones Sr. Award for Coastal and Ocean Resource Management. Rebecca Nagy catches up with them and shares some background about their passions.

In four related stories about sturgeon, Barry Nash describes an N.C. Fishery Resource Grant-funded project that featured sturgeon prepared in ways researchers hoped would meet the culinary expectations of consumers today. Bistro By The Sea executive chef Tim Coyne shares sturgeon recipes sampled during tasting sessions. Chuck Weirich discusses the sturgeon lifecycle and harvesting caviar. E-Ching Lee shares a sturgeon stew recipe from Coastal Carolina Cooking, a University of North Carolina Press publication written by Nancy Davis and Kathy Hart.

Lee introduces readers to three scholars from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment — all women — who have started their duties as 2015 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellows in Washington, D.C.

Cynthia Sharpe highlights several locations in coastal North Carolina that are rich in African-American history.

Nichole Riddle explores research data revealing the spread of the invasive aquatic plant, Hydrilla, and collaborative efforts to control it in Chowan County.

Coastwatch is the flagship publication of North Carolina Sea Grant. Many current and past Coastwatch stories can be viewed online at www.nccoastwatch.org. To request a sample copy of Coastwatch, write to Coastwatch, North Carolina Sea Grant, NC State University, Box 8605, Raleigh, NC 27695-8605; call 919-515-9101; or send an email to sandra_harris@ncsu.edu.

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NOTE TO EDITORS: The text of stories that appear in Coastwatch may be reprinted with the following credit: Reprinted from Coastwatch, a publication of North Carolina Sea Grant. For a complimentary copy, call 919-515-9101 or send an email to sandra_harris@ncsu.edu.

For reprint requests regarding photos in Coastwatch, contact E-Ching Lee, 919-515-9098, eching_lee@ncsu.edu.

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