CHARLESTON, S.C. — Plummeting water temperatures are causing S.C. officials to call an early end to the fall shrimping season.
The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Friday the fall season of commercial shrimping will end Monday, nearly two weeks early.
Officials called it a protective move to save as many shrimp as possible to spawn in spring. Water temperatures hovering in the mid-40s can cause massive shrimp kills.
The water temperature in Charleston Harbor on Thursday afternoon was 47 degrees.
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