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  • Fishing

Your Most Frequently Asked Flounder Questions

Last month, we shared important information about the documented decline in southern flounder across our region, including a link to a public survey. Many thanks to the nearly 2,000 of…
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  • 4 min
  • Marine Biology

A Charleston-Born Scientist You Should Know About

From 1883 to 1941, Ernest Everett Just lived through an extraordinary period in American history and science. His own life was no less exceptional. Though little-known today, Just was a…
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  • 2 min
  • Explore

Highlights from Our Open House

Two weeks ago we welcomed 2,000 visitors to our Marine Resources Center in Charleston for our Open House. Fish were touched, boats explored, marine science facts shared, games played, and…
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  • 2 min
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Save the Date for a Fun, Free Coastal Event

You’re invited to our favorite biennial event! We’re excited to share that Open House 2017 will be happening on October 21. Every two years, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources…
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  • 3 min
  • Conservation

Green Sea Turtle Gets Ride Home After Recovery

Several months after a thin and barnacle-covered sea turtle washed ashore at North Myrtle Beach, he/she finally returned to the waters of the Atlantic Ocean today. “Gill” was found in…
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  • 8 min
  • Fishing

Q&A with a Red Drum Researcher

This week we’re spotlighting Steve Arnott, an associate marine scientist at the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) who’s led our inshore fisheries lab for over eight years. The…
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  • 3 min
  • Fishing
  • Marine Biology

Stocking South Carolina’s Favorite Saltwater Fish

The South Carolina angler’s favorite saltwater fish has many names: red drum, redfish, spottail, channel bass. Fluctuations in the population of this favored fish are often addressed by fisheries managers…
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  • 4 min
  • Marine Biology

How to Romance Like a Sea Creature

The world of marine animal reproduction is as bizarre and varied as the animals themselves. South Carolina’s coast is home to animals that clone themselves, animals that change sex, and…
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  • 1 min
  • Fishing
  • Marine Biology

Taxonomy Tuesday: Bluefish

“[They] rush ravenously through the closely crowded schools, cutting and tearing the living fish as they go, and leaving in their wake the mangled fragments.” So described the authors of…
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  • Marine Biology

Taxonomy Tuesday: Fan Sponge

Think this brilliant tangerine would catch your eye underwater? That’s the point for many brightly colored sponges like this fan sponge, which ward off potential predators by advertising their toxicity…
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