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Upper: Pine Knoll Shores director Jay Barnes and intern Thomas Revelle check on a loggerhead being cared for at a temporary facility, Middle: Replica of U-352, a German submarine that went down off Cape Lookout in 1942, will be a featured attraction at Pine Knoll Shores Lower: Joe Malat, exhibit curator at Roanoke Island Aquarium, points out path of Hurricane Isabel

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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â "Research, whether applied or incidental, is an important part of the aquarium mission. We observe, document and relay our findings to the scientific community through aquarium and university networks," Barrington explains. The North Carolina Aquariums soon could have an expanded research role to play in efforts to restore failing oyster populations in state waters. A bill introduced in the state senate seeks $300,000 to study the creation of oyster hatcheries at the aquariums in collaboration with North Carolina Sea Grant, DMF and university scientists. "It's an exciting prospect," Griffin says. THE TAKE-HOME MESSAGE At Roanoke Island, a crowd of mostly adults encircles the touch tank where stingrays play follow the leader. Volunteer Fred Bamonte encourages the visitors to reach down to touch the cruising animals. "Go ahead. Put your fingers in the water and touch their wings. They are as soft as velvet. Don't ignore them â or they'll come up to you and splash you for attention," he warns. On cue, the largest ray pops up and makes a splashing motion with its wings. Surprised visitors shyly dangle fingers and hands in the shallow tank to experience the velvet touch. Bamonte points out the guitarfish, a small shark, making lazy circles near the tank's bottom. "Go ahead, touch it so you can tell your friends you touched a shark," he jokes. Then, Bamonte lifts a menacing-looking horseshoe crab from the bottom to give his now-captive audience a close look at a creature that has stood the test 123 jTtiEirgilill'jEwii'ifi ME
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