If you enjoy seafood at all, chances are you’ve probably come across an activity calling “shucking”, or “cleaning” some of our popular shellfish. It’s fun to go out with family or friends and try your hand at it, especially if you’ve never done it before.

But have you ever wondered just what exactly that ’stuff’ is? Or what are you eating for that matter?

Here’s some answers we’ve all wondered about!

Inshore the fish are everywhere and offshore the Silver Kings are biting. Capt. David says “Go fishing, be safe, and take a kid with you!”

Topsail Island Sea Turtle Hospital intern Carolyn Odenwelder of Haverhill, MA sings a sea turtle lullaby to little green Carter. The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Topsail Beach, NC is OPEN until the end of August.

Lilmar is wrapping up her “Turtle Talks” at the Surf City Community Center.

Bailey Brame, a Durham native, returns this fall to Wellesley College in Massachusetts as a junior majoring in Economics, knowing now that sea turtles are priceless. Turtle Talks continue every Wednesday through August and we’re gearing up for our Labor Day Weekend Yard Sale.

Topsail Island fishing is HOT HOT HOT! Spanish mackerel are everywhere off the beach and flounder in the sound and surf. Capt David Baxley has the latest report.

Alyson Boswell from Wilson, NC, returns a 2nd year to intern at the sea turtle hospital.

Photo above: Intern Carolyn Collier with "Lockwood."
There’s a real scholar in our midst, or more accurately, in the perpetual “mist” of humidity that surrounds the hospital. Carolyn Collier hails from Richmond, Virginia, and attends the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. Over the years, family and friends have related tales of their time at […]

She came to us “from the middle of nowhere.” At least that’s what summer intern, Annie Johnson, told me when I asked her where she was from. 'Nowhere' turns out to be, “somewhere near Benson.” Wherever she’s from, we’re really happy that she’s here with us, despite the fact that she calls us all “ma’am” […]

Intern Nathan Lamb with little Green "Leap."
Meet Nathan Lamb, one of our 2008 summer interns and the only one to raise their hand when I asked, “Who wants to be first?” Nathan is an Environmental Studies major at UNC-CH and we call him our “senior plus” because he’s already graduated and received his degree. After […]

It’s summertime and there are a host of things to do around Topsail Island. Whether you are young or “younger”, learning about bugs, bees and butterlies is a fun thing to do!

Check out our library to learn more about these beautiful creatures.