Bay anchovy

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources published guides to many threatened animals living in the state. This guide gives information about the Bay anchovy, including description, status, habitat, conservation challenges & recommendations, and measures of success

State of South Carolina’s coastal resources : shrimp update

This update on shrimp includes commercial fishery harvest information, recreational harvest information, fishery independent sampling and overall condition of the stock and fishery

State of South Carolina’s coastal resources : shrimp update

This update on shrimp includes commercial fishery harvest of wild-stock shrimp, recreational harvest, fishery independent sampling and overall condition of the stock

State of South Carolina’s coastal resources : shrimp update

This update on shrimp includes commercial fishery harvest information, recreational harvest information, fishery independent sampling and overall condition of the stock

Results of long-term, seasonal sampling for Penaeus postlarvae at Breach Inlet, South Carolina

Recruitment of postlarvae of commercially important penaeid shrimp has been studied in several areas in the southeastern United States, e.g. on the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico. Findings from these studies indicate that postlarvae are generally concentrated near oceanic inlets, different species are abundant at different times of the year, ingress through inlets into estuarine nursery areas is often influenced by factors such as tide and time of day, and correlations between number of postlarvae and subsequent commercial landings is often poor. In South Carolina most published studies have examined postlarval recruitment over a one- to two-year period. Long-term sampling was conducted by Lunz at several coastal sites in South Carolina in an effort to predict subsequent commercial harvest. As an extension of this work, long-term, seasonal sampling was conducted at a single site near Charleston, South Carolina, to determine relative abundance and timing of recruitment of Penaeus postlarvae. This study is part of a continuing effort to relate postlarval abundance to subsequent landings and to evaluate spawning success of parental stocks

Testing of a soft TED as a bycatch reduction device

A cooperative study was conducted with commercial fishermen in 1997 in which a soft Turtle Excluder Device was tested for its potential as a bycatch reduction device (BRD) for finfish and other marine fauna incidentally captured in commercial shrimp trawling operations. A pilot study conducted during spring 1997 indicated that a similar gear was successful in reducing bycatch while shrimp catches actually increased.This study further suggested that the inability of small fish to escape a BRD was because they were apparently incapable of maintaining swimming speeds that would allow them to find exits. We also found that the current BRD protocol is cumbersome and may dissuade fishermen and net designers from testing better BRDs. Specific problems and recommendations are provided