Coastlines Georgia

Coastlines Georgia is the official quarterly publication of the Coastal Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. You can access editions below by clicking the download link for a PDF or the e-reader link for a page-view version.

Volume 7, Issue 3 (August 2024)

Contents

• Editorial: Angling ethics ensure future
• Compliance specialist named EOQ
• Staff receive State of Georgia Faithful Service Awards
• Private dock stakeholder committee begins work
• CRD hosts Career Academy
• Divers document growth on railcars
• Ask a Marine Biologist: Beachcombing, a guide to the Georgia coast
• Additions made to 3 offshore reefs
• A coastal tradition continues: CoastFest set to make waves in Brunswick
• Almaco jack record broken again
• Family catches 'troutzilla' at Jekyll pond
• Retiree Spotlight: Former director still leads in community
• Et Cetera: News briefs

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Volume 7, Issue 2 (April 2024)

Contents

• Editorial: Keep our beaches clean
• Public info officer named EOQ
• DNR real estate chief retires after 19-year career with agency
• Upgrades coming to Champney boat ramp
• DNR, Army Corps partner for bird habitat
• Back-to-back records set offshore
• Ask a Biologist: Finding Flounder
• Georgia's changing beaches
• Ecosystem report card shows moderate improvements
• DNR prioritizes disabled access to the outdoors
• Retiree Spotlight: Retired biologist still has eyes on future

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Volume 7, Issue 1 (January 2024)

Contents

• Editorial: Shrimpers deserve support
• Biologist, Career Academy lead named EOQ
• New Faces and Roles at CRD
• UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant honors CRD green growth specialist
• Food shrimp season draws to a close after extension
• End of the Line: CRD partners with MARTA to deploy retired railcars, 1,200 tons of concrete to Artificial Reef L
• CRD marine tech bags new record category
• 'Clean Marina' program re-launches
• From Cage to Cuisine: Georgia's first floating-cage grown oysters reach restaurants in major milestone
• Capt. Jack Evans looks back on CRD career
• CRD hosts public comment on proposed 'upland component' rule change
• Et Cetera: News briefs

Volume 6, Issue 3 (October 2023)

Contents

• Marine tech named EOQ for outreach work
• New faces and roles
• Rabon sworn in as 7th DNR commissioner
• New deputy commissioners appointed
• Jax woman reels in record pompano
• Feature: Dirty Jobs; CRD technicians are making one of the most complete inventories of coastal aquatic barriers to date
• Ask a Biologist: Oyster picking
• Game warden honored by SAFMC for fisheries work
• 'Rails to Reef:' MARTA donates retired cars
• New oyster reef part of carbon capture study
• Tug 'Brenda K' joins Reef KBY near Cumberland Island
• 'Et Cetera' news briefs

Volume 6, Issue 2 (June 2023)

Contents

• All about Coastal Seafood
• Marine educator named EOQ
• New faces and roles at CRD
• DNR commissioner off to new challenge
• Brief: MARTA Board votes to donated retired railcars for reefs
• Shrimp Season 2023 opens
• Coastal Georgia Seafood: How CRD helps bring your coastal favorites from the ocean to your table
• CRD donates $25K to endowment
• Ribbon cuttings around the coast: Noyes Cut, Village Creek
• Ask a Marine Biologist: Spotted Seatrout
• Living shoreline added to Coastal HQ
• Annual Report Card released
• Two new state saltwater records set
• A Look Around: Kids Fishing Event
• Column: Seasons of the Saltmarsh - Dog Days of Summer
• Et Cetera (News Briefs)
• A Look Around: CoastFest 2023

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Volume 6, Issue 1 (March 2023)

Contents

• Earth Day Nature Trail offers relaxation, education
• Permit coordinator named employee of quarter
• New faces, roles at CRD
• Litter prevention group honors CRD biologist
• Brief: Davis elected DNR board chairman 2023
• Living Shorelines: A sustainable solution to coastal erosion
• Ask a Marine Biologist: Fishing for tripletail
• CRD license plate hits $1 million for habitat creation
• Angler ties 21-year sheepshead record
• Column: Spring is in the air

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Volume 5, Issue 2 (December 2022)

Contents

• CoastFest set for Earth Day
• Marine tech named employee of quarter
• CRD makes annual donation to Toys for Tots
• New CRD vessels support mission, staff
• 'Lemon Shark' selected as CoastFest art contest winner
• Redfish Outlook: As coastal Georgia's population grows, CRD aims to upgrade fishing regulations
• Beach advisories move to real-time map
• Seasons of the Saltmarsh: Silverling
• CRD launches virtual reality program to take students, public to artificial reefs
• Tourney volunteer bags record-tying fish

​Volume 5, Issue 1 (May 2022)

Contents:

• Welcome (back) to Coastlines
• Remembering John Pafford
• Surf fishing for whiting
• Kids Fishing, CoastFest return as in-person events
• Shrimp season on the horizon as CRD celebrates 20,000 trawls
• Let's Make a Deal: Out Best for Yours this Summer
• 'A-' for Georgia Coast on annual report card
• Georgia Shellfish Farming: Concept to Table
• Fishing guide shares tarpon tips for a sustainable future
• Making a splash: CRD leverages partnerships in new reefs
• Beach program ready for summer
• Time to Prepare (for hurricane season)
• Runoff reduction targets pollution
• Seasons of the Saltmarsh: Cordgrass and Spartina
• Man sets new record for dolphin
• Vermilion snapper has new record
• Et Cetera (news briefs)

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Historical Editions of Coastlines Georgia:

Volume 1, Number 1 (February-March 1978)

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Contents:

• Editorial: This view of the coast
• Coastal Zone Management Update
• Coastal fisheries update
• Shrimp report
• Artificial reefs: Saltwater sportfishing update
• SBA loans to Georgia shrimpers
• Oyster restoration program
• Coastal Resources program
• Law Enforcement update
• Coastal Marshlands Protection update
• EPD coordinates with Kings Bay review
• New EPD program considers drinking water laws
• Historical poster at Fort King George
• Skidaway Island State Park
• State Geological Survey of Coastal shallow aquifers
• Georgia's barrier islands: Their history and management
• Summary of county positions on CZM legislation

Volume 1, Number 2 (April-May 1978)

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Contents:

• Coastal Zone Management Advisory Council
• Editorial: Gov. George Busbee
• Dedication: Patrick Campbell Adams (1947-1978)
• Coastal Resources Update (Blue crab, shrimp, sportfishing, Coastal Marshlands Protection Update)
• Law Enforcement updates (North and South)
• Offshore oil lease set
• Geologic and water resources update
• Fort King Georgia
• Environmental Protection Update
• Brunswick/Glynn County Joint Planning Commission
• University of Georgia Marine Extension Service
• Coastal Zone Management update

Volume 1, Number 3 (June-July 1978) [Special Regulations Edition]

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Contents:

• Coastal information/exhibit center
• Marsh restoration
• Coastal Zone Management update
• Coastal Resources update
• Coastal fisheries update/Shrimp tagging project
• Charter fishing boat data
• Georgia Commercial Fish Landings 1977
• Law Enforcement update
• Three mile limit
• Long distance swimmers (blue crabs)
• Georgia Coastal Fishing Regulations 1978-1979
• DNR tests survival equipment
• Outdoor education update
• EPD update
• OCS pipeline
• Coastal Update: Georgia Conservancy

Volume 1, Number 4 (August-September 1978)

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Contents:

• Coastal Resources update
• Coastal fisheries
• Coastal marshlands update
• Coastal Zone Management update
• Computer capabilities at Coastal Resources
• Information/Education Update
• Young Adult Conservation Corps
• Parks and Historic Sites update
• Law Enforcement update
• Game Management update
• EPD Update
• Technical task force
• Sea turtle protection plan announced
• OCS pipeline allocation process approved
• New OCS referral center
• U.S. Geological Survey Office to open in Brunswick

Volume 1, Number 5 (October-November 1978)

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Contents: 

• Nine coastal residents on New Coastal Management Board
• Coastal Resources marine exhibit center dedicated
• Dudley Moore Blakely
• The Coastal Young Adults Conservation Corps
• Sapelo estuarine sanctuary tours
• In the Drink ... Wintertime
• Search and rescue instructions available
• Comprehensive fisheries management program
• Proposed artificial marine reef act
• From dredge to reef
• Do saltwater fishermen face size and catch limits?
• To honor the blue crab
• Shrimp statistics program
• Air quality index
• Wild and Scenic ... Ogeechee River?
• Coastal Glimpses (photos)
• Coastal Zone update
• Marine recreation conference

Volume 2, Number 1 (May-June 1979)

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Contents:

• Editorial
• Shad: Georgia's forgotten fishery
• Marshwalk construction
• At the water's edge
• Estuarine sanctuary develops
• Coastal Resources YACC's now on Jekyll
• Vandals hurt reef program
• Fort King George wins award
• DNR divers turn a turtle
• Energy: Georgia's role in helping our national energy needs
• First offshore drilling scheduled
• Sportfish tagging program
• SEERS, not Sears
• People (of CRD)
• Water Laboratory
• Shellfish Sanitation Conference
• Air monitoring station
• Shoreline Assistance Act is now a law

Volume 2, Number 2 (July-August 1979)

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Contents:

• Tarbutton is new board member
• Semi-annual "checkup" time for estuarine sanctuary
• Hurricane devastates Georgia Coast?
• Sight-seeing offshore Mercury
• Eighth annual Savannah Invitational Billfish Tourney
• Charter boat data
• Shar preparation
• Throwing a cast net
• How to catch, clean and cook a blue crab
• Georgia water quality management plans and studies
• People, places and things ... (photo montage)

Volume 2, Number 3 (September-October 1979)

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Contents:

• Song of the swan
• Fed get their feet wet
• Hunting on Ossabaw
• Sapelo research
• Gould elected chairman of SAFMC
• Where eagles dare
• What's stirring on the Georgia Coast? (Brunswick stew recipe)
• First national workshop on estuarine sanctuaries
• Anderson Library
• Environmental radiation report
• Sportfishing update
• Air quality conference
• Management plan for billfish
• People, places, things (photo montage)

Volume 2, Number 4 (November-December 1979)

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Contents:

• Another look (editorial)
• The Beginnings: A guide to coastal historic sites
• Georgia shrimping: How good a year?
• Shrimp tagging continues
• EPD Committee formed
• Up Your Estuary (Overlook Park boardwalk, Sapelo tour, UGAMI Coachhouse converted)
• Public education -- key to conservation -- tool for change
• YACC program broadens
• SAFMC Hearing
• Canoeing Penholloway Creek
• Fishing for sheepshead
• Tagging review
• Draft program approved
• ERF in the surf
• Successful Sapelo hunt
• DNR Board visits coast

Volume 3, Number 1 (January-February 1980):

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Contents:

• Cofer elected chairman of DNR board
• Georgia's coast in the eighties
• 1980: Year of the Coast
• Dive! Dive! Dive!
• Hunting Butler Island
• Tides of the Georgia Coast
• EPD radiation sampling
• What's cooking on the Georgia coast: Rock shrimp salad
• Review of new report
• Going for spotted sea trout
• Ossabaw opens for public hunting
• Georgia saltwater gamefish records

Volume 3, Number 2 (March-April 1980)

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Contents:

• Georgia's artificial reefs
• Little St. Simons Island
• Georgia shrimping: The ups and downs
• Ebenezer Creek: A backwater experience (canoeing guide with map)
• Fishing for black drum
• Searching for Georgia's water borne past 
• Pulp mill regulations
• EPD advisory committee
• Rediscovering the eel
• On the bottom
• Offshore energy activity: What's next?
• Taggers looking for black drum, channel bass (red drum)
• Et cetera ...

Volume 3, Number 3 (May-June 1980)

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Contents: 

• Blessing (of the Fleet) winners
• Challenging issues for the future
• Reimold elected to SEERS post
• EPD advisory committee
• A beachcombing guide to Georgia's coast
• Red drum
• Boat ramps, fish camps and marinas (directory)
• Coastal Georgia fishing tournaments
• St. Catherines: A unique barrier island
• Artificial reef brochure available
• 1980: The Year of the Coast
• Bolton receives Rock Howard Award
• Sea turtles in Georgia
• Canoeing the Okefenokee
• Et cetera ... 

Volume 3, Number 4 (July-August 1980)

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Contents:

• Coastal Fishing Tournament
• Strange Drifters
• Georgia Lobsters
• Life at the Bottom: Fishing Gray's Reef
• Saltwater Fishing Guide Available
• Turtle Program Expands
• Eagle Update
• Seeking a Sanctuary
• Cathead Jambalaya (Guide to canoeing Cathead Creek in Darien)
• EPD Advisory Committee
• Oyster Survey
• Atlantic Croaker
• Hearty Fisherman's Stew (recipe)
• Beach Photography
• Good Ol' Buoys
• Seining

Volume 3, Number 5 (September-October 1980)

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Contents:

• Resource demands and Coastal Management
• HNRC Coastal Visit
• David H.G. Gould
• Fall Fishing Outlook
• League hosts media workshop
• Coastal Area Deer Hunts
• Waterfowl Hunting Regulations
• Tarpon
• Hang Log
• Undersea Research
• Tagged Shrimp Discovered in Shangai, China
• Et Cetera