. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. T .HE POINT AT CAPE HATTERAS IS A DEFIANT CHIN OF SAND THAT JUTS FAR INTO THE OCEAN, A WEDGE OF BEACH THAT SUCCUMBS TO THE SURF BUT PERSISTS SUBMERGED FOR 20 MILES IN A SHALLOWS DREADED BY MARI- NERS AND KNOWN AS DIAMOND SHOALS. To the south of those shoals, miles into the Atlantic, the Gulf Stream spins its clockwise current, pulling in warm water and warm-water fishes from equatorial regions north along the Atlantic Coast. Off Cape Hatteras, this river-in- an-ocean veers east, away from the continental v
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. T .HE POINT AT CAPE HATTERAS IS A DEFIANT CHIN OF SAND THAT JUTS FAR INTO THE OCEAN, A WEDGE OF BEACH THAT SUCCUMBS TO THE SURF BUT PERSISTS SUBMERGED FOR 20 MILES IN A SHALLOWS DREADED BY MARI- NERS AND KNOWN AS DIAMOND SHOALS. To the south of those shoals, miles into the Atlantic, the Gulf Stream spins its clockwise current, pulling in warm water and warm-water fishes from equatorial regions north along the Atlantic Coast. Off Cape Hatteras, this river-in- an-ocean veers east, away from the continental verge, its impact on the weather of the mid-Atlantic and the fish of its waters diminish- ing as it is absorbed into the ocean. Meanwhile another great ocean river, the Labrador Current, circulates north of Hatteras, a counter- clockwise current that funnels colder water and its migrating denizens from the boreal Atlantic down the continent's northeastern coast. Off the shore of Hatteras, eddies spin off of these two great ocean currents, meeting water from both hemispheres and fish from there also: red drum, speckled trout, bluefish and striped bass. That is why the fishers are here. Nowhere along the nation's shorelines is the culture of surf fishing so inextricably wound into the soul of a region as it is on the Cape Hatteras beaches, in particular at Cape Point in the cooling weeks of November. I have heard the stories all my life: When the great runs of red drum are in and the news is out, the trucks stack up three and five deep at "the Point," the fishers shoulder to shoulder and front to back, lines crossing in the air and water. There is laughter and shouting, cursing and. 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 Program. [Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College P
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