. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. I New Project Keeps Blue Crab Industry on Track By Cynthia Henderson Photos by Michael Halminski t's the end of a long road in coastal Columbia, North Carolina, where the pocosin meets the Little Alligator River — little only in comparison to its big sister, the enormous Alligator that separates Tyrrell and Dare counties. The gray waters are churlish, spitting white foam as if in disgust at the unseasonably cool, wet WILLY PHILLIPS, LEFT, SORTS CRABS WITH HELP FROM MARC TURANO. Here Willy Phillips' s
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. I New Project Keeps Blue Crab Industry on Track By Cynthia Henderson Photos by Michael Halminski t's the end of a long road in coastal Columbia, North Carolina, where the pocosin meets the Little Alligator River — little only in comparison to its big sister, the enormous Alligator that separates Tyrrell and Dare counties. The gray waters are churlish, spitting white foam as if in disgust at the unseasonably cool, wet WILLY PHILLIPS, LEFT, SORTS CRABS WITH HELP FROM MARC TURANO. Here Willy Phillips' split-level mobile home looks out toward the river. Artwork is everywhere — from the combat helmeted, gnarled heartwood jutting out of the front yard to an ornamental metal overlay on the board-and-batten shed out back. Phillips' wife, Feather, is the founder of Pocosin Arts in town. Willy is a crabber, has been for 20 of his 25 years in commercial fishing. He is a hardy man with shoulder-length blond hair, a steady, sometimes mischievous gaze and a quick smile. In town, he seems to know everyone. He definitely knows crabbing, both as a job and as a culture. That's why Marc Turano of North Carolina Sea Grant has driven all the way from Wilmington to meet Phillips. Turano is heading up a blue crab project initiated by the General Assembly last year to support this, the state's most lucrative fishing industry. The program is allocated $500,000 annually to be administered by North Carolina Sea Grant. Turano has a bachelor's degree in marine biology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a master's in mariculture from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. A native Long Islander, he may be the proverbial "new kid on the block," but Turano is acclimating well. Eager to learn about the culture of crabbing, he has driven countless miles along the jagged Carolina coastline getting to know crabbers. Such knowledge can increase credibility with an independent gr
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