. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Scott D. Taylor birds in the wake of a wotting trawlei what's legal and what's not legal," says Clinton Willis, a Marshallberg shrimper. "You need a lawyer to read the ; But it hasn't always been that way. North Carolina fishermen are proud of their heritage as aggressive and versatile workers, able to shift from one fishery to the next with a change in seasons. They've developed gear and techniques to mine the shoreline for finned fortunes. Fishermen learn their trade through years
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Scott D. Taylor birds in the wake of a wotting trawlei what's legal and what's not legal," says Clinton Willis, a Marshallberg shrimper. "You need a lawyer to read the ; But it hasn't always been that way. North Carolina fishermen are proud of their heritage as aggressive and versatile workers, able to shift from one fishery to the next with a change in seasons. They've developed gear and techniques to mine the shoreline for finned fortunes. Fishermen learn their trade through years on the water, most often as understudies to their fathers. They know how the tides, moon, weather and water temperatures influence the catch. In the summer, many of them shrimp. In the fall, they harvest clams, trawl for flounder, flyfish for trout and croaker, and gillnet for spot. No doubt, they're efficient. And that efficiency has helped turn the critical eye of regulators, sportfishermen and environmentalists onto the fishing industry in recent years. State and federal agencies manage the fish populations, includ- ing those that are overharvested or threatened by human activities. Fishermen, however, are not suited to these growing regulations, says Jim Bahen, a Sea Grant marine advisory specialist. They think regulators are picking on them. And they're frus- trated because they don't know what the future holds or how to respond. "It's like everybody has discovered the coast in the last 12 years," says Willis, whose pickup sports a bumper sticker declaring commercial fisher- men an endangered species. "We've had the coast for the last 100 years, and I think we've been good stewards to ; Irate fishermen admit, though, that they are part of the problem. They have difficulty learning what's at stake when a regulation is pending; they tend to not organize or voice their opinions. "We don't react until (a regulation) is already here, and that's our
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