. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Ci f t deck Dogfish 'N' Chips Europe's hankering for fish 'n' chips has helped some North Carolina fisher- men stay afloat in a season of slim pickins'. Commercial fishermen around Oregon Inlet and off Cape Hatteras have found a market for spiny dogfish in England, Belgium and France. Once considered a royal nuisance, this abundant fish is growing in stature among Tar Heel watermen. "Most of the time, they were just thrown overboard," says Eddie Midgett of Wanchese Fish Co. on Roanoke Island. &qu
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Ci f t deck Dogfish 'N' Chips Europe's hankering for fish 'n' chips has helped some North Carolina fisher- men stay afloat in a season of slim pickins'. Commercial fishermen around Oregon Inlet and off Cape Hatteras have found a market for spiny dogfish in England, Belgium and France. Once considered a royal nuisance, this abundant fish is growing in stature among Tar Heel watermen. "Most of the time, they were just thrown overboard," says Eddie Midgett of Wanchese Fish Co. on Roanoke Island. "But now there's a market for ; Coupled with french-fried potatoes, these members of the shark family make a tasty fish 'n' chips meal. From October through early April, fishermen hauled in millions of pounds of dogfish. Midgett says in January alone, the fish house handled more than a million pounds. "And that was not our biggest month," he says. Sea Grant agent Wayne Wescott says the catch brought 8 cents a pound. Bountiful numbers of dogfish helped fishermen survive an otherwise puny finfish harvest. "It was the only ball game this winter," says Midgett. Wanchese Fish Co. processed some of the fish on the premises and shipped other dogfish to Massachusetts to be cut and cleaned. Other processing was done by Murray Nixon in Edenton and International Seafood in Norfolk, Va. The only fault fishermen can find with this creature now is its unsavory name. "They're trying to get that changed," says Wescott, adding that locals have christened this ocean catch, "; Musseling into Carolina Waters If you use electricity or drink water, you should be concerned about the zebra mussel's waterway voyage south toward North Carolina. The tiny mollusk, a native of the Black and Caspian seas, was first sited in the Great Lakes four years ago. Since then, it has traveled hundreds of miles through rivers and waterways, multiplying and c
Size: 1477px × 1692px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookcollectionunclibra, booksubjectoceanography
