. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. "The Back Page" is an update on Sea Grant activities — on research, marine education and advisory services. It's also a good place to find out about upcoming meetings and workshops and new publications. For more informa- tion on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant office in Raleigh (919/737-2454). To momick. It's not a verb you'll find in Webster's. But any Harkers Islander can give you its definition. In the "down east" dialect of Carteret County, it means to tear up o
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. "The Back Page" is an update on Sea Grant activities — on research, marine education and advisory services. It's also a good place to find out about upcoming meetings and workshops and new publications. For more informa- tion on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant office in Raleigh (919/737-2454). To momick. It's not a verb you'll find in Webster's. But any Harkers Islander can give you its definition. In the "down east" dialect of Carteret County, it means to tear up or render useless. And here's another: ever heard of a paiser? On Harkers Island it's another word for porch. Anthropologist Marcus Hepburn is intrigued by these little gems in the language of the residents of • this relatively isolated island. He's been studying the linguistics, folklore and general way of life of the islanders since he moved to Harkers Island last spring. Hepburn is working with anthropologist Jim Sabella and sociologists Richard Dixon and Roger Lowery of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNC-W). With Sea Grant funding, they're look- ing at Harkers Island as an example of a traditional boat building and fishing village. They hope that the informa- tion they collect will help planners and fisheries management officials to make decisions that are compatible with traditional lifestyles on the island. Clams are an important fishery resource in North Carolina. When catches of other, more valuable shellfish are down, fishermen often turn to hard clams for supplemental earnings. But a combination of two ex- tremely cold winters and an increase in clamming activity has fisheries biologists worried over the fate of North Carolina's hard clam popula- tion. In an effort to learn more about the population dynamics and biology of the hard clam, Sea Grant researchers Charles Peterson and Richard Deriso of UNC's Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City
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