. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. But when the harvesters go to other states or regions, it creates unique interdepend- encies between fishermen, seafood dealers, processors and management agencies. These interdependencies and the lifestyle of North Carolina's transient fishermen sent three East Carolina University anthropologists roaming out-of-state docks as part of a Sea Grant study. Jeff Johnson, Mike Orbach and Danny Rasch surveyed three groups of migratory North Carolina fishermen. Rasch and Johnson actually lived among and worked al
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. But when the harvesters go to other states or regions, it creates unique interdepend- encies between fishermen, seafood dealers, processors and management agencies. These interdependencies and the lifestyle of North Carolina's transient fishermen sent three East Carolina University anthropologists roaming out-of-state docks as part of a Sea Grant study. Jeff Johnson, Mike Orbach and Danny Rasch surveyed three groups of migratory North Carolina fishermen. Rasch and Johnson actually lived among and worked alongside the Tar Heel travelers. Jeff Johnson headed south with Carteret County small- boat shrimpers to the shrimp- laden shores of South Carolina. For several weeks in the fall of 1986, Johnson lived among a contingent of shrimpers who docked in muggy, moss- draped McClellanville, SC. They had come south to ex- tend their shrimping season after a mediocre harvest in the Tar Heel state. The shrimpers hailed from Downeast towns—Harkers Island, Marshallberg, Davis and Stacy. But, during the fall, home was the 21- to 45-foot boat they docked at the seafood dealer's in McClellanville. Usually Tar Heel shrimpers sell their catch to the same seafood dealers year after year. In return for their loyalty, the dealers provide the travelers with a few amenities and ad- vance information about ex- pected shrimp yields. If North Carolina waters yield a bumper crop of shrimp or the crustaceans are few and far between in Sand- lapper country, fishermen stay home. It's the so-so years that send shrimpers south. But the shrimpers acknowledge that there are social reasons for the migration, too. Some fishermen like to shrimp, Johnson says. They find it more enjoyable than fishing for finfish, which they probably would have to do if they stayed in North Carolina. And fishermen say, shrimp- ing in South Carolina is easy. There, fishermen can only shrimp during daylight hours. "It's almost l
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