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Shrimp baiting season opens Sept. 14 in state waters

The 2007 shrimp-baiting season will open at noon Friday, Sept. 14 in South Carolina waters.
Recreational shrimpers who purchase a shrimp-baiting license can legally cast their nets for shrimp over bait during this season. Shrimp baiting season will remain open until noon Monday, Nov. 12.  The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) opens the shrimp-baiting season annually on the last Friday on or before the 15th of September each year. 

• State Drought Response Committee upgrades S.C. to 'severe' status
  
• State Heritage Trust board meets Sept. 10 in Columbia
  
• Variety of factors are suspected in Lake Murray striped bass fish kill
  
• Late-season migratory bird season approved by Natural Resources Board
  
• Public event series continues with four September events
  
• Sept. 18 Georgetown forum offers tips for living with coastal black bears
  
• National Hunting and Fishing Day to be held Sept. 22 in Columbia, Seneca
  
• Import of deer, elk parts into S.C. still limited by state regulation
  
• Shellfish season will open Sept. 17
  
• Shrimp baiting season opens Sept. 14 in state waters
• Lake Murray dam swim Sept. 22 to be held in memory of BUI victim
  
• Francis Marion Forest antlerless deer harvest guidelines
  
• Bonneau Ferry fall deer hunts
  
• Oyster reefs enhanced with alternative materials
  
• Banded mourning doves provide vital information to biologists
  
• Annual Beach Sweep/River Sweep litter cleanup set for Sept. 15
  
• Aiken County wildlife area open to public in September
  
• Fifty fields available for public dove hunting
  
• Get your story published in S.C. Wildlife Magazine
  
• Freshwater Fishing Trends
  
• Saltwater Fishing Trends
  
• S.C. Weekly Tidetable