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Around the Reef Columnists Michelle Riley michelle.riley@noaa.gov Ebb & Flow Columnist Trey Leggett info@southerntidesmagazine.com

Editor's Note

Ebb & Flow

11 Around the Reef 12 Looking Back: 2019 in Pictures

Consulting Naturalist John "Crawfish" Crawford crawfish@uga.edu

17 Record Woodstork Nests in SC

Contributing Writer Rick Lavender rick.lavender@dnr.ga.gov

19 Remembering a Matriarch 20 Ocean to Table: Cannonball Jellies

Contributing Writer Kaley Lawrimore lawrimorek@dnr.sc.gov

22 Th The Bitter End Farewell Tom

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About the Cover: A wood wo stork returns from a foraging trip and rejoins iits mate and chicks in a rookery in South Carolina. Both male and female wood storks take turns caring for their chicks in the nest and bringing food to feed their chicks. See story on page 17. Photo by Christy Hand/SCDNR

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ver the course of this past year or so, I’ve been pulled in multiple directions and at times, have had to operate the magazine on autopilot. Ideas have been brewing though, and I look forward to implementing some of them and giving Southern Tides a new surge of life in this new year! For starters, we’ll be focusing on new ad sales. Over the past four years Southern Tides has become well-known in the coastal region. Readers tell me frequently how much they enjoy the magazine and advertisers tell me their ads are bringing results. These two facts demonstrate that the magazine is a valuable marketing venue for any boating or water-focused business or organization. We’ll also be working with our existing advertisers to help make their ads eye-catching, pertinent, and to better reach their target customers. An increase in advertising will also bring an increase in content. In 2020, we’ll be rebooting our “something for everyone” goal of achieving a balance between recreational boating, marine business, marine science, conservation and education, as well as general coastal lifestyle stories and even destination articles. No drastic changes, just more of what you enjoy each month and maybe a couple new regular features too. We’ll be making some adjustments to the look and style of the magazine too, over the course of this year. Selecting fonts that are easier to read, having some fun with the layouts, and more photos – maybe even some of yours, like the one by my dear friends, Lancy and Emily, shown at top right! To go along with these improvements, you’ll also begin seeing an increase in our social media presence and participation at local events. We were thrilled to attend the Ocean to Table series at the UGA Aquarium on Skidaway in December, and look forward to seeing you all out there at other functions in our communities soon. Southern Tides is in its ﬁfth year of publication now and still going strong. Our goal with these small changes is to keep it fresh and interesting, and to remain relevant and beneﬁcial to each of you. I hope you’ll continue to enjoy every issue, and please don’t hesitate to reach out to any of us to share ideas, stories, photos, or news. We love hearing from you!

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well into the grass flats. The shrimp and baitfish are in that area both for protection, and searching the grass for food. As the tide goes out, the shrimp and baitfish are funneled into smaller sources of water until they eventually have to exit the grass shelter, usually through a small feeder creek or finger. Many inshore species set up ambush spots at these outflows and around structure like oysters, points, and crab pots, where baitfish congregate. These areas can be as shallow as a couple inches or as deep as a few feet. As the water flows back on an incoming tide, the bait follows, moving back into the flooding marsh grass for protection and food. When fishing through the tides, I like to target specific areas. At high tide, fish the grass lines for trout or in the grass (provided there is enough water) for redfish. At mid-tide, around structure (oysters, points, or depressions) for trout and flounder. At low tide also around structure (if there’s at least a foot of water) for flounder or in deeper water troughs for trout. Once you fish an area a few times and throughout several tide cycles, you’ll see patterns in where the baitfish and fish are going to be in relation to the tide level. There are typically two larger tide cycles each month, at the full moon and new moon, which create much lower low tides and much higher high tides. Always be mindful of where you’re going to fish and what the tide cycle is for that area. Being stuck in the mud is not fun when you could still be fishing. There are numerous tide charts on the Internet and apps for your smart phone that will give you tide information on your location. Many folks say that if you can successfully catch fish inshore in the coastal empire and lowcountry, you can catch fish anywhere.

Ebb & F low Crazy Tides By Trey Leggett

here have been many a day when I’ve fished for hours with little or nothing to show for it. Sometimes it has to do with moon phases, atmospheric pressures, not holding your mouth right, or not knowing what the heck you’re doing. More times than not, the problem is the tides and not knowing what to do and where to be during each phase of the tide. As many of you know, our coastal tides have anywhere from a 6 1/2- to 8-foot swing in depth change in a 6-hour period. One minute you can be sitting in a few feet of water and a few hours later that same spot is nothing but a mud flat. Having large tidal swings adds a degree of difficulty to fishing the inshore waters of our pristine coastline. Whatever your targeted species, you have to know how that species acts, eats and hunts for their prey. Fish move in and out with the tides, chasing bait and seeking cover from other predators. Imagine it’s high tide and the water is

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anuary at Telfair Museums' Jepson Center for the Arts is a great month for Southern Tides readers, who are “all about the water!” Right now Telfair has several different water-related offerings that are free to many visitors. First up is the PULSE Art + Technology Festival, Jan 23-26. We are delighted to participate in PULSE this year, offering visitors an immersive experience using brand-new underwater virtual reality footage of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary. Dr. Peter Auster, one of the scientists who conducts long-term research at the sanctuary, and his team captured the video. Dr. Auster is observing predators and their prey in the wild. Local filmmakers edited the footage and Telfair has loaded it into Oculus virtual reality headsets as part of the “TechSpace: Second Nature” exhibit at PULSE. Also at PULSE, scientist Catherine Edwards of the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) will discuss the gliders that she deploys in Gray's Reef and other locations. Dr. Edwards will focus on the gliders as marine robots used to help predict storms and hurricanes. She will speak as part of PULSE's “Tech Talks for Students: Technology, Design and Climate Change” on Jan. 24 at 11:00 a.m. The talk is free for students in grades 4 and up, but they must register in advance. Last June, Dr. Edwards deployed a new glider named Franklin in Gray's Reef, and it was joined by SkIO's other glider, named Angus. Franklin was named after Benjamin Franklin, who was the first to chart the Gulf Stream. In addition to attending the discussion at PULSE, you can learn more about Dr. Edwards' work with gliders on the SkIO website at www.skio.uga.edu. While you're looking at the cutting-edge technology at PULSE,

you can also wander in to see the Jepson Center's “Summon the Sea” art exhibit for free during the day, Jan 23-26. Based on the famous novel Moby Dick, “Summon the Sea” includes a huge 52-foot whale made of felt, which takes up almost an entire room! Gray's Reef staﬀ participated in the museum's Free Family Day for “Summon the Sea” two months ago and enjoyed seeing artists' interpretations of the famous book. To check out all of these great ocean-related events, go to www.telfair.org/event/pulse-art-technology-festival/ or call Telfair Museums at (912) 790-8880.

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Looking Back: 2019 in Pictures

Opposite page, clockwise from top left: The first right whale calf spotted in 2019, on January 7, near Amelia Island. Photo by Sea to Shore Alliance under NOAA permit #20556-01 A shrimp boat returning to port just after the season reopened in 2019. Photo by Southern Tides StaďŹ&#x20AC; Wild horses on Cumberland Island and Tybee Island Lighthouse, both from the article on fun winter weekends, February 2019. Photos by Amy Thurman The 56-foot tug Miss Addison, that sank in Jekyll Creek. The tug was refloated in late January 2019. Photo provided by GADNR

This page, clockwise from top left: The front beacon for Sapelo Light. Photo by Southern Tides StaďŹ&#x20AC; Man-of-war fish swimming below a Portuguese man o' war jellyfish. Photo by Evan D'Alessandro/NOAA Cockspur Light from the May paddling issue. Photo by Captain J. Gary "Gator" Hill Battle of the Birds, osprey vs. eagle, also from the paddling issue. Photo by Marsh Henson Paddling the Okefenokee, May issue. Photo by Amy Thurman A fledgling Bald Eagle, found in the back yard of a Wilmington Island resident in April. Photo by Shannon Marino, Zulu Marine

Clockwise from top left: A diamondback terrapin, June issue. Photo by Amy Thurman A Wilson plove chick, from "Sharing our Beach with Shorebirds" in June. Photo by Brad Winn/GADNR Humpback whales feeding on anchovies - first place winner in the Sanctuary Life category of the National Marine Sanctuary annual photo contest. Photo by Douglas Croft Mama loggerhead on Ossabaw Island, July issue. Photo by Caleigh Quick/GADNR Loggerhead hatchlings heading for open water, August issue. Photo provided by GADNR

A young male gator hanging out in Goose Pond on Little St. Simons Island. Photo by Southern Tides StaďŹ&#x20AC;

Clockwise from top left: A meteorite found on the beach on Daufuskie Island by Lancy and Emily Burn. Photo by Amy Thurman Pilot whales, similar to those that beached on St. Simons Island in July, shown here "spy hopping." Photo by Adam U./NOAA A rescue team loads an adult female manatee aboard a boat in the Savannah River. Photo provided by Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research under USFWS permit #770191 Isle of Hope Marina, from November's "For the Love of Marinas" article by Dan Foulds. Photo provided by Isle of Hope Marina Pelicans on posts, from November's Ebb & Flow (cover). Photo by Trey Leggett

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n 2019, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) biologists and technicians counted the highest number of wood stork nests ever recorded in the state’s history. SCDNR’s Wading Bird Program counted 3,075 wood stork nests at 26 colonies in South Carolina, breaking the record high of 2,512 nests set during 2016. However, this increase likely reflects widespread nesting failure documented in south Florida. According to Mark Cook, lead environmental scientist with the South Florida Water Management District, heavy rain in both January and April of 2019 caused established nests to fail in south Florida. In the 268 nests monitored in South Carolina this year, an average of two chicks per nest site survived to fledging age, and at least one chick survived to fledging age in 84% the nest sites. The federal recovery goal for wood storks is an average of 1.5 fledglings per nest, and nesting success exceeded the goal this year at all but one of the six index colonies where nests are monitored on a weekly basis throughout the breeding season. “At Dungannon Plantation Heritage Preserve, wood stork nesting was unsuccessful in the area of the colony where nest monitoring was conducted, but an additional 73 nests were counted later during the season in an unmonitored area of the colony and many of these nesting attempts were successful,” said Christy Hand, SCDNR wildlife biologist. SCDNR has been surveying the wood stork nests since they began to nest in South Carolina during 1981. For more information about the SCDNR Wading Bird Program, visit: bit.ly/scdnr_ wadingbirds

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killed or seriously injured from 2010 to 2016. During that time, 110 calves were born. In the last three years, that downward trend has accelerated. Only 12 calves have been seen compared to 30 whales found dead, most from vessel strikes and entanglement in Canada and New England waters. “It’s like we’ve traded harpoons for prop blades and fishing rope,” George said. And births aren’t an even trade for the loss of adult whales, particularly females. Factoring in survival and gender rates, scientists say it takes about four calves to equal one breeding-age female. With deaths outpacing right whales reaching maturity, the population has dropped to about 412. A WHALE’S LIFE Punctuation both bucked and bore those trends. She was a survivor and one of the era’s most successful right whale moms. Photographed in 1981 off Massachusetts’ coast, over the next 38 years she would shed entanglements in fishing rope five times, survive two minor vessel strikes and raise eight calves, young that can be 14 feet long at birth and nurse for almost a year. Punctuation also was a regular in Georgia, even seen here in 1986 with her first calf. Her life, however, was shadowed by the pain and disaster common to right whales. In addition to being run over by vessels and getting snagged in fishing rope, she outlived at least two of her young and two of theirs. One died from entanglement; another from a vessel strike. Two, including a whale seen with deep propeller wounds on its back, simply disappeared. (NOAA estimates that 62 percent of right whale carcasses go undetected.) Punctuation last gave birth to a male calf. It was seen near St. Simons Island in January 2016. Five months later, the calf died off Massachusetts after being hit by a vessel. None of the females Punctuation gave birth to are alive today. The shortage of right whale females makes the species’ potential recovery more tenuous. It takes nine years on average for females to reach sexual maturity. There are now fewer than 100 breeding females alive. Compounding the issue, NOAA says the lifespan of females has shrunk from at least 70 years to about 45, while birthing rates have stretched from a calf every three years to one every six to 10. For Barb Zoodsma, right whale biologist for NOAA Fisheries, the result of shorter lives and longer calving intervals is clear. “Right whales are producing fewer and fewer calves,” Zoodsma said. “If we don’t fix this, things could spiral out of control pretty quickly.” DARK SUMMER In February 2018, a Clearwater Marine Aquarium team flying surveys for DNR photographed Punctuation in a social group with seven other whales. They were about 30 miles east of Jekyll Island. She was not seen with a calf that winter, so it’s unclear why she migrated to the Southeast. What is clear is that it was her final trip here. Last summer, on June 5 and 6, Punctuation was swimming in Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence, more than 1,500 miles from Georgia. Two weeks later, her carcass was discovered sliced open and floating in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. A necropsy revealed that she died from a collision with a vessel. Punctuation would not be the only casualty. That June and July, eight more right whales were found dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Three were adult females. At least two died from ship strikes. A 10th whale seen entangled but alive in Canada turned up dead off New York in September. Possibly because of shifting populations of copepods – the tiny crustaceans right whales eat in masses called blooms – many whales are bypassing traditional summer feeding grounds in the Gulf of Maine and swimming into Canadian waters, where vessel traffic is heavy and thick synthetic ropes are used to catch lobster and snow crab. Rope from lobster pots is also a serious threat in U.S. waters. The plight of North Atlantic right whales has spurred calls for increased protections in both nations. Meanwhile, researchers in the Southeast hope for a strong calving season. Many of the females seen have calved before and could be pregnant. One of those is Slalom, right whale no. 1245. Slalom is 38 years old and has had five calves. She has yet to match Punctuation. But given time, maybe she can.

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Punctuation seen swimming oﬀ the Georgia coast for the last time in February 2018. Photo by Clearwater Marine Aquarium under NOAA Permit #20556-0079

he seasonal return of North Atlantic right whales to the Southeast has started like clockwork. At least seven adult females have been seen from North Carolina to north Florida since late November, and the season’s first calf was spotted off Sapelo Island in mid-December. The news is encouraging for a species considered among the world’s most endangered whales. But it is also tempered by the awareness that one well-known right whale will not return this winter. Female no. 1281, nicknamed Punctuation for a unique pattern of white scars on her head, died last summer in Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence. She was hit by a vessel. Over nearly four decades, Punctuation had been seen at least 250 times along the eastern seaboard. More importantly, she had been prolific, giving birth to eight calves. Yet even in death she stands out, a testament to the dangers right whales face and the growing fear they are heading toward extinction. Clay George, a senior biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, said that at the rate right whales are dying, they could be “functionally extinct by the end of this century. We’ve got to stop killing them, and fast.” TO THE BRINK AND BACK North Atlantic right whales have been on the brink before. For eons, the bus-sized mammals migrated more than 1,000 miles along the Atlantic seaboard, from feeding grounds off Canada and New England to calving grounds off Georgia and Florida. Yet their proximity to shore and abundant oil and baleen made them the “right” whale to kill. By 1900, commercial whalers had hunted them nearly to extinction. A ban on hunting and other protections helped the species recover slowly during the 20th century. Despite new human threats that emerged in the wake of whaling – primarily vessel collisions and entanglement in commercial fishing rope – the population grew. From 2001 to 2010, the number of right whales increased from some 330 to more than 480, boosted by an average of 24 calves a year. Then, about 10 years ago, the recovery stalled. According to NOAA estimates, more than 100 right whales were January 2020

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T he Bitter End A Fond Farewell By Amy Thurman

accumulate in two lifetimes, and I’d best listen up. Since those early days with Tom, I now sit still and listen up when someone is sharing information. When I saw Tom at the GAMBA Christmas party on December 13, I had no idea it would be the last time. We were the first two to arrive and chatted about Gray’s Reef and the magazine. I wish I’d said something more to let him know how much he was appreciated and respected. I wish I’d picked that brain of his for all the wisdom he cared to share. At the first GAMBA meeting this month, we’ll be discussing the creation of a marine trade scholarship fund in honor of Tom. It seems fitting that we attach his name to an award that will help young minds gain knowledge of their own in the industry he was so devoted to. Fair winds and following seas, Tom. You’ll be greatly missed.

he marine community has suffered a tremendous loss with the passing of our friend and associate, Commander Tom Wright (USN, Ret.) on January 3. I knew Tom through the Georgia Marine Business Association (GAMBA). He attended every GAMBA meeting he was able to, representing the Savannah Maritime Association. He was active in several organizations, including the Propeller Club, The Navy League, and, I believe, the Coast Guard Auxilliary, but don’t quote me on that, and there are likely others. He was also actively involved in right whale conservation. I used to tease him when I introduced him to someone. “This is Tom Wright, with Savannah Maritime Association and every other boating or marine organization in Savannah. And he knows everything and everyone.” Tom would smile bashfully and say, “Well, I don’t know everything, but I do belong to a lot of groups.” I once overheard him introduce himself to a guest at a GAMBA meeting with a smile, saying, “I’m with the Savannah Maritime Association and most every other boating or marine organization in Savannah.” That tickled me. He really did know everything though. I’ve only met two people on this planet to whom I’ll give such credit. One of them hates it when I make that claim publicly, so I’ll leave his name out of this, but the other was Tom Wright. If you needed to know something about maritime law, current or past legislation, the Coast Guard, the Navy, the Port Authority, Savannah history, U.S. history, anything related to boating regulations, right whales, or a whole host of other topics, Tom could give you an answer. I shudder to think of the wealth of knowledge, information and understanding he took with him when he left us. On the rare occasions when he didn’t immediately have an answer for you, he knew who did and would put you in touch with them post haste. And an introduction from Tom got you straight through, with no further explanation needed. I really do think he knew everyone related to the marine and boating community in Chatham County and likely far beyond that. When I first met him, I was younger, more brash and typically rushed. I was maybe a wee bit impatient with him the first time or two Tom and I interacted. In spite of being hurried along by me, he remained patient and continued to share his news and information with a thoroughness that’s severely lacking in today’s world. That patience he had with me? That was a big “lead by example” instance and taught me to be patient with him, and with others. Listening to Tom, I realized that he had more knowledge than most people could

OBITUARY Cdr. Thomas Williams Wright (USN Ret.) 1943 - 2020 On Friday, January 3, 2020, Thomas Williams Wright of Savannah, Ga. passed away at 76. Tom was born on March 3, 1943 in San Francisco, Calif. to Donald Graham and Jean Placak Wright. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he completed the NROTC Program. After completing his tour in Vietnam, Tom met his future wife, Marilyn Greer Moulton and they were married in 1970. He retired from the U.S. Navy as a Commander after 21 years of dedicated service. While in Savannah, Tom was active in the maritime community and veterans groups. He loved his family and friends as well as watching NASCAR and cheering for UNC sports teams, especially basketball. Tom was preceded in death by his brother, Robert Wright. He is survived by his wife, Lynn Wright; his daughter, Jean Sitkei and her husband, Chris; his two sisters, Laurel Wright and Barbara Manning; and his brother, Peter Wright. A private memorial service will be held. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Savannah Propeller Club Scholarship Fund at Savannah Propeller Club, PO Box 9480, Savannah, GA 31412 or to Operation Homefront (www.operationhomefront.org) 22

Southern Tides Magazine

January 2020

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