Shrimp season begins in South Carolina
The bright lights of shrimp trawlers have been visible against the offshore horizon, which can only mean one thing — shrimp season has opened in full.
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The bright lights of shrimp trawlers have been visible against the offshore horizon, which can only mean one thing — shrimp season has opened in full.
Commercial shrimp trawling opened in all legal South Carolina waters at 8 a.m. on Thursday, May 27, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR). “We’ve seen adequate evidence of coast-wide maturation and spawning of white shrimp," said Mel Bell, director of SCDNR’s Office of Fisheries Management. This is the same date we opened the season in full last year.” Shrimping season in South Carolina typically starts in spring with the...