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Title: Coast watch
Identifier: coastwatch00uncs_18 (find matches)
Year: 1979 (1970s)
Authors: UNC Sea Grant College Program
Subjects: Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology
Publisher: (Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program)
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina
Digitizing Sponsor: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

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BOOK MARKET Summer Time and the Reading is Easy By P a m Smith ./\hhh. . Summer is here at last. Time to head to the coast for that well-deserved escape from the work-a-day world. Don't forget the sun block, a comfortable beach chair — and a sack full of good books. Forget spreadsheets and technical reports. Now is the time to readjust for the fun of it. And, there are plenty of books — fictional or factual — to match that coastal state of mind. • Saltwater Cowboys. 2004, by Bill Morris, John F. Blair, Publisher (Formerly distributed by Coastal Carolina Press); Paperback, $13. ISBN 1-928556-45-0. Jump into Down East culture with Saltwater Cowboys by Bill Morris. Fact and fiction run parallel in this well-told story set in Croaker Neck, an imaginary fishing village somewhere east of Beaufort. Folks there eek out their living from seasonal harvests of shrimp, crab, clam and assorted finfish. Navigating in challenging weather and regulatory conditions should generate enough drama for Morris' cast of colorful characters. But now, villagers are caught up in a genuine mystery: Sea turtles are "stranding" in curious places — from a hotel hot tub to a country club fountain. Nearly everyone is suspect. A federal agent is determined to nab the person or persons responsible for violating the Endangered Species Act. Dodge Lawson, whose job is to return stranded or rehabilitated sea turtles to offshore waters, has his hands full sorting out facts from rumors. Solving the mystery could help Lawson win the heart of the beautiful Use, who heads the save-the-turtle effort. To make matters worse, finger pointing is pushing animosities between commercial and recreational anglers to a boiling point. Trouble travels to Raleigh, where commercial fishers arrive by bus and boat-pulling pick-ups to rally state legislators' support for their endangered way of life. Coincidentally, a group of recreational anglers is holding a fund-raiser at a nearby, swank country club — with a fountain fit for a sea turtle. Morris has done his homework to set the stage for Saltwater Cowboys. He portrays the culture, the people, the fisheries, the gear, as well as the issues. His characters — some comical, some tragic — endear themselves to readers: Johnny Bollard, a respected shrimper and spokesperson for the commercial fishing community; Digger Davis, a charterboat skipper who has his own legal troubles; Pogy, the sometime fisher and would-be mystic; Gus Ridge, a sportfishing enthusiast; and the Yankee filmmaker and his anthropologist girlfriend, who say they are searching for traces of the legendary Lost Colony, albeit a bit off-course. The action-filled saga makes for an entertaining day at the beach. • Fish House Opera. 2003, by Susan West and Barbara J. Garrity-Blake; Mystic Seaport Press; Paperback, $14. ISBN 0-913372-99-4. Fish House Opera by Susan West and Barbara Garrity-Blake is a "must read" for anyone seeking an understanding of the issues that beset fishing families along North Carolina's coast. It's a book that has plenty of real-life
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characters, dramas, conflicts, politics and issues — including the protection of endangered or threatened sea turtles. West, an Outer Banks writer, married into the politics of commercial fishing. Her husband, Rob West, fishes commercially out of Hatteras Village. She cut her teeth on fisheries issues as 28 HIGH SEASON 2005

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