. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Photo by Mark Hooper. Shrimp "For Robert" is a photograph by Mark Hooper, a Carteret County shrim- per. The photograph is dedicated to Robert Willis, Hooper's neighbor, who heads shrimp for Hooper each morning during shrimping season. The photograph won first place in black and white prints, best in show, and the Marine Resources Center Purchase Award in the 5th Annual Bogue Banks Nature Photography Competition and Exhibit Talk of shrimp gets thick in coastal North Carolina about the beginni
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Photo by Mark Hooper. Shrimp "For Robert" is a photograph by Mark Hooper, a Carteret County shrim- per. The photograph is dedicated to Robert Willis, Hooper's neighbor, who heads shrimp for Hooper each morning during shrimping season. The photograph won first place in black and white prints, best in show, and the Marine Resources Center Purchase Award in the 5th Annual Bogue Banks Nature Photography Competition and Exhibit Talk of shrimp gets thick in coastal North Carolina about the beginning of June. Shrimpers speculate about the coming season, always hoping it will be better than the last. Biologists and managers at the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries work day and night to check shrimp nursery areas. Seafood dealers and marketers begin checking prices and supplies of shrimp in other states. Shrimp are the most valuable seafood crop North Carolina waters offer. Last year, 9,823,000 pounds of shrimp, valued at $17 million, were landed in the state. But last year's nettings were a record catch. North Carolina shrimpers hadn't seen such large quantities of shrimp in over 25 years. The average catch for the past 25 years stands at just over six million pounds a year. Three species of shrimp are net- ted in North Carolina—pink, white and brown. Brown shrimp are the most numerous. Shrim- pers trawl for "browns" July through September. Pink and white shrimp are less abundant. They are netted in the fall. This month and next, Coastwatch will look at the shrimp fishery in North Carolina—the story of its shaky beginnings, the people who study and manage it, the people who de- pend on it for their 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 UNC Sea Grant College Pr
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