. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. The black lettering on the stern of Punk Daniels' fishing boat proclaims Wanchese as its home port. But the words are deceiv- ing. The 70-foot "Venus" is just as likely to dock in ports in Maine and Canada as in North Carolina. The days of the provincial commercial fisherman are gone. To bring in money year- round, Tar Heel fishermen say they must look beyond the waters their grandfathers fished. The result is a breed of fisherman that is mobile, ag- gressive, smart, industrious and business-like
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. The black lettering on the stern of Punk Daniels' fishing boat proclaims Wanchese as its home port. But the words are deceiv- ing. The 70-foot "Venus" is just as likely to dock in ports in Maine and Canada as in North Carolina. The days of the provincial commercial fisherman are gone. To bring in money year- round, Tar Heel fishermen say they must look beyond the waters their grandfathers fished. The result is a breed of fisherman that is mobile, ag- gressive, smart, industrious and business-like. For months at a time, Daniels and fellow Tar Heel fishermen leave home and family hundreds of miles behind. And back in towns like Wanchese, Marshallberg and Supply, wives and children wait for a weekly phone call, a monthly visit and a paycheck in the mail. And whether they're scalloping off the coast of Maine or shrimping the waters around Key West, Fla., they command respect, and some- times resentment, from their counterparts in other states. "Fishing hasn't been real good here in North Carolina, so a lot of these people are having to go far and wide to make it in the business," says UNC Sea Grant Director Copeland. "Some people are going to be amazed at the distances these guys go for ; Some North Carolina fisher- men migrate to neighboring states when the pickings are slim here. Others travel as far north as Canada and south to the Florida Keys. Wanchese fishermen are likely to go north to fish for flounder and scallops. Fishermen from the state's central and southern coast often travel south to shrimp. Marshallberg fisherman Jerry Kellum says he would fish in Core Sound all year if he could make a profit on his catches of shrimp, oysters and clams. "If there's something here, I'll stay here," he says. "But I just move around so I can catch more and make ; For the past few years, Kellum has taken his 30-foot trawler
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