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Fisheries Equipment & Gear

An Inventory of North Carolina Fish Houses Hide by Barbara Garrity Blake and Barry Nash \| Publication # UNC-SG-07-06 \| Pages: 27\| This inventory of North Carolina fish houses provides an assessment of seafood wholesale facilities where domestic product is landed and distributed to market. View PDF.
An Inventory of North Carolina Fish Houses: Five-Year Update Hide by Barbara Garrity-Blake and Barry Nash \| Publication # UNC-SG-12-06 \| Pages: 42 \| examines if North Carolina continues to lose domestic seafood packing capacity and to what extent. This research represents a five-year update of the initial fish house inventory. View PDF.
Bycatch Reduction in the Shrimp Fishery: Reduced-Grid Turtle Excluder Device Decreases Bycatch Without Shrimp Loss Hide by Scott Baker \| Publication # UNC-SG-BP-12-03 \| Pages: 2 \| reports on an N.C. Fishery Resource Grant project to test the effects of a narrow-grid (2 inch) turtle excluder device in a shrimp trawl on harvest and bycatch. View PDF.
Circle Hook Offshore (DVD) Hide by NC Sea Grant \| Publication # UNC-SG-06-03 \| provides information about the hook and how to rig.
Circle Hooks: A Way to Reduce Injury and Mortality in Grouper? Hide by Jeffrey Buckel \| Publication # UNC-SG-BP-04-02 \| Pages: 4 \| based on a NC Fishery Resource Grant (FRG) project, this Blueprint compares post-release injury and mortality of undersized fish caught using a circle hook versus a J-hook. The study targeted grouper in shallow, near-shore waters. View PDF.
North Carolina Sea Grant: Your Link to Research and Resources for a Healthier Coast Hide by NC Sea Grant \| Publication # UNC-SG-10-08 \| Info card provides brief information about our program and contact telephone numbers for our four offices. View PDF.
Returns On Investments Hide by Michael P. Voiland \| Publication # UNC-SG-10-14 \| this 2010 report provides a few examples of Sea Grant's impacts at work, grouped by focus area. View PDF.