Day At The Docks
A Community Heritage Celebration
Hatteras, NC
September 17, 18, 19, 2015
Education Tent
In our Education Tent are representatives of organizations that support the fishing industry in many ways through advocating and educating the public.
This year's participants include:
NC Coastal Federation
NC Sea Grant
National Weather Service (Newport Station)
Dare County Library
NC Watermen United
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
Jennette's Pier
Smith Island Crabmeat Cooperative
Hatteras Island Ocean Center
Michael Scott / Boatbuilding
From local educational programming at various levels and topics to advocating for clean water and boating safety, to addressing skin cancer concerns and making relevant literature available to the reading public, their services are invaluable.
They all welcome the opportunity to talk about the work they perform and the successes they have had in support of fishing and seafood.
NC Division of Marine Fisheries
NC Division of Marine Fisheries will display a variety of local fish and marine life by Jeffrey's Seafood fish cleaning building at Hatteras Harbor Marina from 10am to 2pm.
Marsh Tours
The North Carolina Coastal Federation will also lead a few special field programs, (tours time TBA, exploring the marsh along Durant’s Point, just across the harbor from Oden’s Dock. Participants will embark on a short boat ride from Oden's Dock, cross the harbor and land along a fragile piece of the barrier island where the federation and other partners have worked hard to restore native wetland vegetation. This project area is defined as a living shoreline that functions to control erosion while creating estuarine habitat. Come explore with us for a better understanding of how this works and why this is important for Hatteras Village. We’ll take a closer look to identify some of the native grasses that are vital for the health of this habitat, and pull a seine net through the water to see which animals are lucky enough to call this habitat home.
Learn more about the Coastal Federation, the state's only non-profit organization that focuses exclusively on protecting and restoring the coast of North Carolina through education, advocacy and habitat preservation and restoration. www.nccoast.org
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