. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and coordinator for UNC Sea Grant's coastal studies research, was also elected to the board. Jim Bahen, a Sea Grant marine advisory agent at Ft. Fisher, is testing an excluder trawl for shrimping. Working with a local shrimper who has agreed to use the trawl, Bahen will compare the catch results from the excluder trawl with those of a standard trawl. An excluder trawl has two tailbags and a mesh panel in the belly of the net. As the trawl is dragged along, the catch
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and coordinator for UNC Sea Grant's coastal studies research, was also elected to the board. Jim Bahen, a Sea Grant marine advisory agent at Ft. Fisher, is testing an excluder trawl for shrimping. Working with a local shrimper who has agreed to use the trawl, Bahen will compare the catch results from the excluder trawl with those of a standard trawl. An excluder trawl has two tailbags and a mesh panel in the belly of the net. As the trawl is dragged along, the catch enters the mouth of the net. The shrimp will pass through the mesh of the panel and into the main tailbag. Bycatch, such as fish, jellyfish and crabs, will strike the panel and be forced into the other tailbag, which can be left open so that the fish can pass back into the water. The excluder trawl is designed to ex- tend the vessel towing time and free many of the juvenile fish and shellfish that often die in the trawl. The blue crab grows only periodically through a molting pro- cess, called shedding. For a period of several hours after shedding, the hard blue crab, includ- ing its shell, appendages and internal parts, is soft. We know the crab in this soft state as a delicacy. And, fishermen can land extra profits if they're willing to cull out peelers (crabs preparing to shed) and hold them until they shed. With a plentiful supply of crabs in North Carolina's waters, more fisher- men are giving soft-shell crabbing a try. That's why UNC Sea Grant is spon- soring a soft-shell crab workshop. The workshop will be held March 10 from 10 to 4 , at the Beaufort. County Community College in Washington. Experienced shedders will be on hand to tell fishermen about their successful shedding methods. The workshop will include discussions on blue crab biology, peeler identification, harvesting methods, facility design and marketing. Fishermen will find out what it costs to get
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