. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. TheBack Page "The Back Page" is an update on Sea Grant activities—on research, marine edu- cation and advisory services. It's also a good place to find out about meetings, workshops and new publications. For more information on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737-2454). For copies of publications, write UNC Sea Grant, Box 8605, NCSU, Raleigh, 27695-8605. After 10 years, Coastwatch has changed its look. With this issue, we've updated the masthead a
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. TheBack Page "The Back Page" is an update on Sea Grant activities—on research, marine edu- cation and advisory services. It's also a good place to find out about meetings, workshops and new publications. For more information on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737-2454). For copies of publications, write UNC Sea Grant, Box 8605, NCSU, Raleigh, 27695-8605. After 10 years, Coastwatch has changed its look. With this issue, we've updated the masthead and "The Back ; It will take us and you a while to get used to the new look, but we hope it is something you'll like. / \ Thanks to the Coast- I \ wat°h subscribers who responded to our survey. \xj^ff J More than 550 readers \ yj were randomly selected to ^—S answer some questions we had about our monthly publication. Of those questioned, 224 responded. Our survey said that 74 percent of our readers have subscribed to Coastwatch three or more years; 20 percent, 1 to 3 years; and 6 percent, less than one year. Each copy of the newsletter is read by people. This means that more than 60,000 people read Coastwatch monthly. Readers learned about our newsletter in various ways: 30 percent at the Aquariums, 26 percent from a friend, 15 percent from the newspaper, 5 percent at the library, 9 percent from the Sea Grant publications catalog and 24 percent from other sources. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being best, readers gave Coastwatch the following ratings: attractiveness, timeliness, informativeness, ease in reading, and helpfulness. When asked what readers liked most about Coastwatch, people said they thought it was informative, easy to read, factual, balanced and diverse. When asked if readers had any sugges- tions for improving our newsletter, people said they would like to see it lengthened and published more frequently. Reader
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