Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources opens the state’s shrimp harvesting season this week.
Starting at 8 a.m. Tuesday, commercial and recreational fishermen can trawl for shrimp. In state waters, close to the coast, they’ve got from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset to do that.
Farther out into the Atlantic Ocean, in federal waters, they can harvest 24 hours a day.
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