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PAGE TWO-B Exploratory Fishing Now Underway MOREHEAD CITY—A siook fishing - research ves sel bearing the name of Gov. Dan Moore steamed u cent ly from its home port at Morehead City and be gan a career of exploratory fishing along coastal North Carolina. The Dan Moore i> believed to be the first vessel ever designed from scratch to be used by a slate for exploratory fish ing. Primary purpose of the vessel and crew is to help North Carolina commercial fishermen increase their catch. The first cruise was the Mart of a rigorous schedule that will take the vessel along the entire North Ca rolina coast from the South Carolina border north to Virginia. Within the next few months the crew aboard the Dan Moore will search for surf clams, cali co scallops and shrimp over the continental shelf, use ocean gill nets for mackerel, and do explora tory longline fishing along the edge of the Gulf Stream for tuna and sword fish. During the first cruise the Dan Moore was used to fish offshore in the Cape Hatteras to Oregon Inlet area of North Carolina’s outer banks in search of schooling rockfish, com monly known as jumbo GBef/cTyfer EDENTON BRING US YOUR FILM FOR PROMPT PROCESSING What makes a Pontiac a Pontiac? (And what makes ordinary cars ordinary ?) Only Fbntiacs have Wide-Track. Drive a Fbntiac and you'll wonder who took all the bumps and curves out of the road.' * ' Eg~;— fbrtiac interiors make you glad you lert home-soft Morrotade and simulated wood trim so real only a termite can ted it isn't. ’ THE GREAT WIDE-TRACK DRIVE ISON! See >ourßDntiac deafer. He's out to smash sales recxxds for the 7th strait year l 'w m* oxttw iXeSZm - -. :: v : hSS»iiP®lK st ripers. Striped bass weighing from 10 to SO pounds were located and many taken aboard with trawl nets to see how well they survived the ordeal of being caught and hoisted from the water. Next win ter when large rockfish schools are again found offshore along the outer banks before they migrate northward, the vessel will return and a tagging study will begin. Captured fish will be tagged and re leased to study migration patterns and other biolo gical conditions of the off shore jumbo striper popu lation. The new pride of the N. C. Division of Commer cial and Sports Fisheries is an ultra modem 85-foot vessel registered at 167 tons and carried a price tag of approximately $400,- 000. The steel vessel was built by New Bern Ship • arj, Inc. Work with the rockfish is just a sample of the pos sible activities using the Dan Moore. The vessel has enough commercial fishing gear and electrical and mechanical equipment aboard to satisfy any nau tical James Bond, and sure ly make any scientist or fishing crew wanting to get cut there and find what is in the ocean somewhat jealous. i r ' 1 Even our lowest priced Fbntiac has a unique 175-hp Overhead Cam Six. Unless you count cylinders you'll swear it's a V-8. 1 s Innovations Ike CTO's Bumper-of-the->fear make fbntiacs bokexpensive. But record sales prove we knew how to prioe them too. «« CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THTOBDAY, MAY 16, IMS. 1" ----- - ' “Pilot house control of all motions and fine speed regulations over the full range allow for a versatil ity and flexibility in any fishing or research opera tion, which cannot be found on any other vessel this size,” says C. J. van Dissel, vice president of Potter & M’Arthur, Inc., the Boston, Mass., naval architectural firm that de signed the Dan Moore. When asked about this versatility, Ji m Sterling, chief biologist aboard, said. “We can go rapidly from one operation to another. For example, we can make the change over to fishing from dredging in half hour. The same change made on a conventional fishing ves sel usually takes from three days to a week.” The Dan Moore is equip ped and rigged for bot tom trawling, mid water trawling, gill netting, sein ing, longline fishing, dredg ing and a few modifica tions would add purse seining to the list of pos sible fishing methods. “With this vessel we can do any of the commercial fishing that takes place along the North Carolina coast; in fact, we can do more,” said Captain David Beveridge, skipper of the Dan Moore. What were the feelings about the vessel after her first cruise? “As in any operation involving such a complex piece of equip ment, expected difficulties were encountered on the first cruise and are being worked out. In almost all areas, performance of the vessel exceeded the expec tations of the operators,” Sterling said. Basic ocean research takes a backseat as the ex ploratory fishing crew aboard the Dan Moore gets down to the nitty gritty of the problems facing com mercial fishermen along | the North Carolina coast: i "Where are there new areas to catch fish?" "Where do the fish go?" i “Is there a better net to use?” “Is there a better i and more profitable way to catch shrimp?” Many ques tions need answered. This is an enormous task, to say the least, and will not be completed overnight. But each cruise of the Dan Moore will shed a bit more j light on our dim under “DAN MOORE" GOES TO SEA—The mul idle* down u note on brought aboard after being dragged along the bottom. The rectangular place* of wood hanging at the tips of the outriggers serve the purpose of keeping the mouths of the two nets open while they are dragged along tho bottom.—Photo by Jim Tyler. standing of marine life. The vessel has received considerable acclaim from representatives of the fish ing industry. Sterling said everything of commercial importance caught during fishing oper ations will be identified and recorded. Cruise rec ords will be sent to the state’s central data pro cessing department in Ra leigh and the information will be placed on automatic system,” Sterling said, data processing cards. “This will give us complete and rapid recall of anything we have done over a period of years. Then, say, if at some future date we de cide we want information on a certain species gath ered over the past years, machines can give us the answers in a matter cf minutes. We hope 1o go hack over data we accu mulate and see patterns, see that our catching of one species can be associ ated with certain depths, or certain temperatures, or certain locations.” Powered by twin diesel engines developing 665 horsepower giving a cruis ing speed of 11 knots, the Dan Moore provides fishing facilities, laboratory and comfortable accommoda tions for 10 men. The ves. sel has three levels. Top side: the pilot house with its complement of electrical equipment sonar, radar, loran, radios and at the back of the pilot house facing the deck is a unique console of control levers where all deck gear is op erated hydraulically. The second level: the galley area, complete with refrigerator, deep fryer, piaster, and a small TV high in a corner. Forward of the galley are bunks for four of the crew. The captain's quarters sleep two and are off the galley. Behind the galley a hall way leads out onto the deck. The third level or bottom level: the engine room is filled w.th the diesels, generator and other acces sories. Forward of the en- Cne room are four more bunks. To the rear of the engine room is the labora tory. It is roomy, lit by fluorescent lighting and equipped for work in ma rine biology. Proceeding toward the stem, a door opens from the laboratory into the fish hold. The hold is divided into three sections. The catch can be It disperses in water to kill weeds in peanuts NEW LIQUID EnMe* Mnttro E.C Enide Dlnltro E. C. it the only true liquid eolutlon formulation of diphenamld. Ifealao the reel solution for ' weed control in peanuts. Seeing ia believing, and you can Me it now at: Chowan Storage Co. Wham* 452-242 S EDEWTQM, k, c. lowered into the hold from a door on the deck above, and it can be iced, refreg erated or frozen. (Experi ments are underway to find the best method to hold a catch (finfish or shellfish) until delivered dockside). Behind the hold is the gear storage room. All in terior spaces with the ex ception of the engine room are air conditioned. Any vessel, however, no matter how many facilities, and how great the sophis tication in equipment, is only as good as the men who operate it. Many years ri experience speak for the crew. .Captain, David Bev eridge of Beaufort; chief biologist. Jim Sterling of Morehead City; biologist, Mike McKenzie of More head City; first mate. Earl Fulcher of Morehead City; chief engineer. Donald ! #1 6 I n ?g y \ : ' I WS&Oi& With a quick-recovery electric water heatevi you could wash a load of clothes every 28 minutes and never run out of hot water. *fy i ■ l ti ■n yEfcf v 4 Sgfc£ £ 4 f|_| wBBgBaBKSm SmbUEmH |Sk** -^KKmSSBm p Vff| ■ yp?Sj I w9| v Bi *amhhmbb 4jfct' v i*S 5 j jp || p Hr 9 w» _ ._ UQ||AA • mi f. .f u* | RHU I*. ,f&& • Jfe .- . y>''* v ,V-. * : i^^S' ’-ife- -1 * ; Si I w- - •feywPSf'- * <**•> .« •»-- . > l *•» -f ' .**? Fulcher of Williston; as sistant engineer, Stacy Guthrie of Harkers Island; rook, Frederick Willis of Harkers Island; net and winch man, Frank Mead ows of Beaufort. Nearly all of these men have been < ommercial fishermen and most have also had previ ous experience aboard a research vessel. When in port the vessel will be docked behind the division’s Morehead (City quarters at Camp Glenn. 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