South Carolina Commercial Shrimp Season Begins
Commercial shrimp season is underway in South Carolina, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
Shrimp trawling season opened in all legal state waters at 8 a.m. on June 2. Shrimp are South Carolina's most valuable saltwater fishery.
"Although we did have a cold snap in late January, white shrimp numbers across South Carolina's estuaries have generally been near the long-term average this winter and spring," Jeff Brunson, biologist with SCDNR said.
In an average year, shrimp season opens fully by late spring, typically after the opening of eight smaller provisional...
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