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South Carolina waters open to commercial shrimpers May 18

Three seasons define the commercial shrimp calendar. The first, white roe shrimp season, opens 7 a.m. Thursday, May 18. The brown shrimp season typically occurs during the summer months, and the larger fall white shrimp season, composed of offspring from the spring roe crop, carries out the remainder of the three seasons in the fall. 

• Boating, water safety urged during Memorial Day weekend
• National Trails Day event June 3 at Congaree Creek
• Atlantic white-cedar wetlands being restored in South Carolina
• Civil War fort ceremony to mark 1862 Battle of Secessionville June 17
• Bluffton veterinarian wins Palmetto Wildlife Award
• South Carolina waters open to commercial shrimpers May 18
• Savannah River Committee will meet May 22 in Augusta
• DNR releases cobia into Colleton River
• 2.5 million striped bass stocked in Santee Cooper
• New report shows brook trout imperiled throughout Eastern range
• Free fishing classes, events set for National Fishing, Boating Week
• Painted Bunting Observer Team seeks help from citizen scientists
• ‘Quail strips’ can improve bird habitat; South Carolina signups begin June 5
• Freshwater Fishing Trends
• Saltwater Fishing Trends
• S.C. Weekly Tidetable