Has anyone seen any black gill in shrimp this year? Thanks.
Yes, I’ve been once in bulls bay and once in the harbor. Approx 25-30% of the shrimp I caught had it, so I think it’s prevalent this year.
Yes, same as previous years in CHS harbor.
Yes, Harbor
I’d say 15-20% of the ones we caught in BB yesterday looked like they had it. Some of them were large to jumbo though.
I’ll take all of your black gill shrimp…
I eat the lower portion
Just read an article about Black Gill and they said dumping the heads in the water “may” add to the spread. I have seen several shrimpers sitting in their boat dumping the heads overboard. I’m not trying to cause a problem. Just trying help the cause. Again, they don’t know for sure but think it may increase the spread of the Black Gill Disease.