. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Powell quickly springs out of the cabin to help. This time only about 15 shrimp are found in the net. Subsequent try-net catches are low. About 9:30 Cockfield hauls back the nets and tells Powell that he's through towing for the day. His own small catches and the small catches in- dicated by other shrimpers over the VHF convince Cockfield to pull in his nets. The final haul brings two baskets of shrimp. All together, Cockfield has netted about 300 pounds of shrimp for eight hours of towing time. Last
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Powell quickly springs out of the cabin to help. This time only about 15 shrimp are found in the net. Subsequent try-net catches are low. About 9:30 Cockfield hauls back the nets and tells Powell that he's through towing for the day. His own small catches and the small catches in- dicated by other shrimpers over the VHF convince Cockfield to pull in his nets. The final haul brings two baskets of shrimp. All together, Cockfield has netted about 300 pounds of shrimp for eight hours of towing time. Last week shrimp were bringing $ a pound at the dock. This week Cockfield says he's expecting a little more. Cockfield and Powell are paid a percentage of the catch. But first Costin must pay the operating cost of each trip—fuel, ice and maintenance of the boat. Cockfield and Powell team together to haul in the nets and doors. Finally Cockfield pulls in the outriggers as Powell tidies the back deck. The Miss Bozy motors through Masonboro Inlet and Cockfield guides the boat toward its dock in Wrightsville Beach. Costin waits at the dock for the Miss Bozy to tie in, and asks about the day's catch as he climbs aboard. He tells Cockfield it will be an hour's wait before the fish house can take his shrimp. Cockfield and Powell wait to deposit their catch. They will be able to catch a few hours of sleep before returning to the dock late in the afternoon to load the boat with ice. After dinner and a few more hours of sleep, they will board the Miss Bozy for another night of shrimping. (Charlie Powell, 20, of Sea Gate, died July 30 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.) —Kathy Hart. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original UNC Sea Grant College Program. [Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College P
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