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 6, Issue 2 (June 2023)

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Click here to download a PDF of the June 2023 edition of Coastlines Georgia.

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

Click here to download a PDF of the March 2023 edition of Coastlines Georgia.

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

Click here to download a PDF of the December edition of Coastlines.

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

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