Fishermen, Courts
Aid in Enforcing
Fishery Roles
C. D. Kirkpatrick, law enforce
ment officer with the commercial
fisheries division of the state, who
assumed this position during the
past year, commented this week
that he has received excellent co
operation from the fishermen.
"Better than I expected," he re
marked. "Everyone has been very
nice, and the courts especially have
been cooperative."
Mr. Kirkpatrick added that there
have been, of course, a few fisher
men who have disobeyed regula
tions and have been summoned to
court.
At Swan Quarter in Hyde coun
ty he was requested by the judge
during a court session one day to
explain to the fishermen there
what the regulations meant and
how they were being enforced.
"Judge Lambert Morris here in
Carteret county has been very
helpful, also," he remarked.
Mr. Kirkpatrick is not a law en
forcement officer by remote con
trol. He's out on. the patrol boats
more than he's in his office at the
commercial fisheries building.
Wherever there's trouble or a
situation to be investigated, wheth
er it's near the Virginia line or in
Cape Fear waters, Mr. Kirkpatrick,
most of the time, is right there get
ting the story firsthand.
New Finn Win Publicise
Value o! Fish Solubles
To publicize the value of fish
meals and fish solubles to the feed
nixing industry is the purpose of
Menhaden Sales and Research, inc.,
? firm recently organized in More
head City.
This goal will be attained
through two programs, advertising
in feed-mixing trade journals, and
through regular bulletins on men
haden research to be issued feed
mixers from the laboratory oper
Ited by Menhaden Sales and Re
search.
Sales manager of the neophyte
firm is Robert G. (Bob) Lowe, for
mer manager of the Moreheatl City
chamber of commerce. Before join
ing the chamber of commerce in
1947 Lowe was in engineering sales
work in New England and Tennes
see. During the war he was a Ma
rine corps officer.
The research end of the firm is
bandied by Ted Miller. Miller is
a graduate chemist of John Hop
kins university and was employed
as a consultant chemist before en
tering menhaden research.
Closed Oyster Areas
HYDE COUNTY
YAPQS JONES
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PAMLICO COUNTY
Oyster licenses and taxes brought
in $14,090.84 in 1949-50.
I Certain areas planted this year j
with oyster shells have been de
clared closed to all dredging and
fishing except hook and line and
pound nets. The areas are indicat
ed above with cross-lines and the
date "1850."
There have also been two plant- ;
j ings in Brunswick county, not
shown here. One is in Jenken
creek which empties into Tubbs
inlet and the other in East river
near Bird island. The four charts
pictured above, plus the two of
Brunswick county shell beds, are
| given each fisherman who buys a
I license at the office of the conmer
cial fisheries division.
Closing of the areas where shells
have been planted is in conjunc
tion with the state's efforts it in
crease oyster resources. This pro
gram is being supervised by Or. A.
F. Chestnut, shellfish specialist
with the Institute of Fisheries Re
search.
Water,
NEW YORK ? (AP) ? Since
Colonial days, Long Island, New
York, has been one of the few
places where land under the oceaji
can be owned. A* a reault the
potttnt place in the oyster indus
try. Oyster farmers grow their
'crops in their private ocean.
HAPPY OATS
AFLOAT!
WITH k
"WIZARD"
OUTBOAI0 MOTOR
Ms. Keels, Fishing Uses.
Artificial But,
Aid Beit Eipupueal
C.H. JONES
Weil? Aafe Associate Stare
BEAUTOIT. R. C.
It. Happened Here ,
j Once in many years a story like
ihis comes close to us in time and
space. Usually incidents such as the
one related here come from lips
of a grandfather or a grizzled old ;
seaman ? the story is embellished
in repeated retelling, and facts can
not be verified.
But this happened less than two
weeks ago. A short distance from
these shores, the remains of a
young man who loved the sea were
scattered upon the waters. Robert
CroweJl, 24, lived here with his
I family, and went to school here.
| but was overtaken by a disease that
continues every day to take a heavy
j toll. His body was cremated upstate
| and sent back here to the spot he
j loved.
Sun Rises
I As the sun was casting its early
' glow across Beaufort harbor, a boat
lay expectantly at Morehead City
| waterfront. Boarding it were W. L.
Martin, rector of the Episcopal
church of Beaufort, his wife, and
| members of young Crowell's fam
i?y
Captain of the craft was Bill
Styron ot Morehead City and also
aboard the boat was Ted Miller, a '
close friend of the Crowells. In a I
small container lay the remains of
young Crowell.
Boat Renamed
The boat, named The Sophie, was !
renamed The Black Crow early last
month, lor The Black Crow has I
been the name of boats in the Cro- j
well family for years. Ted. who j
was familiar with the boat, explain- 1
ed its operation to Captain Styron, j
manager of the Gulf dock on More- j
head City waterfront.
"You'll have to go below to the I
engine room to start her, because ;
there's no starter up here."
When they were about to shove I
off, Ted nodded to Bill to go be j
low. Bill did so and as he reached
for the starter, the engines turned I
over.
He went above. The Black Crow
moved majestically out into the '
channel, as if cognizant of its
grave mission. Its bow pointed to
ward the sun, it glided smoothly
toward the bar.
"Runs nice, doesn't she?" Ted
remarked to Bill.
"Yeh," Bill answered, "I thought
you said she didn't have a starter
up here."
Ted looked at him. "She doesn't,"
he declared.
"Well, how the h did she
start then?" Bill inquired.
"You started her below."
"I did not. I got down there and
reached for the starter and the en
gines started up. I thought you did
it."
And Bill says he will swear on
a stack of Bibles that what he re
| ports is so. "And usually in the
morning," he adds, "you have to
use the choke. But not that time."
They say it's a mystery how The
Black Crow got underway that
morning ... but is it?
Terra pirn Remain in Pens
On Fiver's Island
The terrapin pens are still full of
terrapin on Fiver's Island. The
state of Maryland bought the ter
rapin several years ago but Mary
land is still paying North Carolina
to keep 'em.
Maryland plans, it is reported, to
move the turtles up to Crisfield,
but as far as can be learned here,
they haven't even started to build
the pens yet.
Charlie Hawkins, Beaufort, still
takes care of the terrapin, takes
the young out as they hatch and
then the little ones are "planted"
? or turned loose, as soon as pos
sible. About 600 are awaiting
planting now.
Mrs. G. B. Talbot, a graduate of
the University of Washington li
brary school. Seattle, and wife of
one of the Fish and Wildlife inves
tigators at the laboratory on Pi
ver's Island, will serve as librarian
at the lab.
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