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DNR announces opening of food-shrimp season
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BRUNSWICK — Georgia Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Mark Williams has announced that Georgia waters will open for commercial and recreational harvest of food shrimp at 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 16, according to a news release.Effective that date, commercial food-shrimp trawlers can operate in Georgia’s territorial waters open to power-drawn trawls. Commercial and recreational cast-netters, as well as persons using a beach seine, can harvest food shrimp from waters open to the use of these gears. “The abundance and size of white shrimp in Georgia’s coastal waters is comparable to historic averages for the month of May,” said Jim Page, the Coastal Resources Division biologist supervising monthly shrimp sampling.
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Girls on the Run 5K marks change of season
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Girls on the Run is a physical activity-based, positive youth development program that teaches key life skills to girls in third through eighth grade through dynamic discussions and fun games that creatively integrate running.
Girls on the Run Coastal Georgia and Lowcountry is gearing up for its 12th annual 5K, celebrating the end of the spring season.
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