. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. THE BACK PAGE. "The Back Page" is an update on Sea Grant activities — on research, marine education and advisory services. It's also a good place to find out about meetings, workshops and new publications. For more information on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737-2454). For copies of publications, write UNC Sea Grant, NCSU, Box 8605, Raleigh, 27695-8605. Wayne Wescott, marine advisory agent on Roanoke Island, was recently named the Sea Grant Sou
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. THE BACK PAGE. "The Back Page" is an update on Sea Grant activities — on research, marine education and advisory services. It's also a good place to find out about meetings, workshops and new publications. For more information on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737-2454). For copies of publications, write UNC Sea Grant, NCSU, Box 8605, Raleigh, 27695-8605. Wayne Wescott, marine advisory agent on Roanoke Island, was recently named the Sea Grant Southeast Marine Advisory Service's Agent/Specialist of the Year. Wescott was chosen for his work with the soft-shell crab industry. When Wescott began his project, only a few commercial fishermen were aware of the profit possibilities in a soft-crab production. But Wescott sold them on the idea of shedding. The bot- tom line was this: At the beginning of the 1983 crabbing season, the highest recorded price for hard crabs was $1 per pound. At the same time, soft crabs were bringing as much as $ each or $28 per dozen. Wescott went to work, compiling in- formation, visiting shedding facilities, and presenting workshops. An article in Coastwatch on soft-shell crabbing resulted in several hundred requests for information. And his book, A Guide to Soft Shell Crabbing, was distributed to over 800 people during the first month after its publication. In 1983, as a result of the increased interest, more than 100 crabbers began to cull out peelers—a five-fold increase from 1982. Over 50 new shedding facilities were constructed, resulting in an estimated additional $2 million in gross sales of soft crabs. Now, shedding facilities have been set up in almost all coastal com- munities in Dare and Currituck coun- ties. In Currituck County, Wescott worked with zoning officials to es- tablish conditional use permits to allow fishermen to build shedding facilities on their property in resid
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