. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. at sea if it is going to be tasty on the table. A shark should be bled soon af- ter being caught, because its blood contains urea, which can alter the taste of the meat as it deteriorates. A properly handled shark can have a shelf-life of 18 days. "I have no doubts that, if there is some quality control put onto shark, that sooner or later it'll become readily accepted," says Pete Whiting of Ottis Fish Market in Morehead City. "Grouper, years ago, was thought to be a trash fish. And now all
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. at sea if it is going to be tasty on the table. A shark should be bled soon af- ter being caught, because its blood contains urea, which can alter the taste of the meat as it deteriorates. A properly handled shark can have a shelf-life of 18 days. "I have no doubts that, if there is some quality control put onto shark, that sooner or later it'll become readily accepted," says Pete Whiting of Ottis Fish Market in Morehead City. "Grouper, years ago, was thought to be a trash fish. And now all the finest restaurants serve ; Whiting says he would like to see shark sold in supermarkets for just over a dollar a pound—making shark a better buy than hamburger. The Christmas tree that decorates your home during the holi- days, can be the base of tomorrow's sand dune. Natural Christmas trees can be used to repair dunes worn down by vehicle and pe- destrian traffic, says Spencer Rogers, Sea Grant's coastal engineering specialist at the Marine Resources Center at Ft. Fisher. The trees' branches help to trap the blowing sand and become the skeleton of a new dune. While Rogers says the trees can be used to repair dunes damaged by people and vehicles, trees shouldn't be used to repair dunes eroded by wave action. Each year. Sea Grant and the Marine Resources Center at Ft. Fisher sponsor a dune-repair program. To participate in this year's program, bring your tree, stripped of its orna- ments, to the center January 1 at 2:30 Spencer Rogers traveled to Texas to see what North Carolina could learn from a hurricane named Alicia. The hurricane, which struck the Texas coast September 18, was classified as a minimal category three storm. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original U
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