                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, September 6, 1995           TAG: 9509060573
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   16 lines

AWAITING THE TALE OF THE SCALE

ILLUSTRATION: Color photo by DREW C. WILSON, Staff

Commercial fisherman William Midgett sniffs a flounder during the

price-grading process at Austin Fish Co. in Nags Head, where the

gill net catch from Albemarle Sound was marketed Tuesday.

by CNB