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Article: NEW OYSTER SANCTUARY IN PAMLICO SOUND SOUGHT.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- January 15, 2003
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Byline: MICHELLE WAGNER THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT\
State fishery managers want to add another oyster sanctuary to the Pamlico Sound in a continuing effort to revitalize the suffering shellfish population.
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries will meet with oyster fishermen in Manteo and New Holland this week to discuss the exact location of the sanctuary, proposed for the ``Crab Hole'' area between Oregon Inlet and Stumpy Point.
There are now four small sanctuaries, or oyster reefs, in the Pamlico Sound and surrounding waters. But they haven't thrived the way scientists had hoped, said Craig Hardy, chief of the division's resource and ...