If you strive for fishing off a clean, conservative pier then I'd like to introduce you to Jennette's Pier in Nags Head. This newly refurbished pier goes green and attracts more people with it's clean facility and great fishing waters. Focusing on energy production, recycling and proper fishing control, Jennette's also uses reclaimed water for their toilet system.

With three Bergey Excel- S wind turbines, the wind that spins them makes enough energy to power almost half of the pier's needs. They stand tall and strong above the deck, out of the fishermen's way. Also a section of the pier is covered in photo-voltaic cells to convert the sunlight recieved into more energy to be used. This adds to the amount of stored energy to be used when needed, like lighting the deck at night for the fishermen.

Every corner you turn on Jennette's Pier you find along with a trash can another container labeled RECYCLE. This is to insure that when throwing away trash you have every opportunity to recycle your plastics and glass. Fishing is also controlled. With signs for fishermen to see the maximum amount of a certain fish they are allowed to catch the waters and their creatures living in it are preserved and maintained.

Rainwater is collected and used for different chores on and around the Pier, and with an on- site waste water treatment facility, water in toilets is reclaimed. When using this cleaned, but still reclaimed, water Jennette's reduces their overall water use by 60 to 80 percent. Since 2003 when Hurricane Isabel knocked down 540 feet of Jennette's, this massive, beautiful pier has attracted many since its been successfully rebuilt into an education and conservative ocean pier in 2011.

With the newly constructed pier, there is still history of the old Jennette's. Built originally in 1939 the pier grew and with time came more visitors and fishermen. The owners built a larger restaurant, tackle shop, and arcade. The original owners have sold it and eventually it was in the hands of the North Carolina Aquarium Society to be developed as an educational facility. With an aquarium of their own, the pier will be even more educational.