. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. COASTAL TIDINGS. I he giant squid has populated legends, fiction, horror movies and probably plenty of nightmares. But more than a century after it was featured in the pages of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the surprising truth is that this creature of the deep never has been observed in its natural habitat. Scientists do not know how giant squids eat, rest, court, mate, swim or behave. They don't know if they are mid-water dwellers or bottom inhabitants. To learn more about this sea creature, the Smithson
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. COASTAL TIDINGS. I he giant squid has populated legends, fiction, horror movies and probably plenty of nightmares. But more than a century after it was featured in the pages of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the surprising truth is that this creature of the deep never has been observed in its natural habitat. Scientists do not know how giant squids eat, rest, court, mate, swim or behave. They don't know if they are mid-water dwellers or bottom inhabitants. To learn more about this sea creature, the Smithsonian Institution is mounting a $5 million expedition to observe the giant squid in its natural habitat in the South Pacific near New Zealand. - ? Extension Director Takes National Job After 16 years as North Carolina Sea Grant's extension director, Jim Murray is moving up in Sea Grant. He has joined the National Sea Grant office in Silver Spring, Md., as director of the Sea Grant Extension Program. In his new position, Murray will be respon- sible for manag- ing extension program grants and for oversee- ing Sea Grant communications, education programs, and extension and marine advisory services. "We're very happy to have him join Sea Grant's national program office," says Ron Baird, director of the National Sea Grant College Program. With 22 years in the Sea Grant network — including jobs in Minnesota, New York and New Jersey — Murray is considered one of the best extension directors in the 29 coastal and Great Lakes states. He has made North Carolina a leader in Sea Grant extension programs, especially in research of bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) and turtle excluder devices (TEDs). "He's good ^^^m ^*r« because ne can BET ^ ^fl make that JH connection between what needs to be done to get information out or solve a problem and put that into action," says Ron Hodson, North Carolina Sea Grant's interim director. The key to his many successes is invo
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