Press Releases
Read about North Carolina's struggles with fish kills, excess nutrients, and algal blooms.
Listen to (or read about) Public Radio for Eastern North Carolina's explanation of the APNEP-funded economic valuation of seagrass.
APNEP-funded report indicates millions in damages if seagrasses are lost.
NC State University and Duke University have published an APNEP-funded report that estimates the market and nonmarket economic losses from declines in submerged aquatic vegetation in the Albemarle-Pamlico estuary. Focusing on the losses to commercial and recreational fisheries, residential property values, and carbon sequestration, the team conservatively estimates aggregate losses of $1,290 per acre over the next decade.