I’ve never heard anyone say it’s illegal except in this article about the Shem Creek shrimp boats. Deep holing is blamed in part for the demise of local shrimpers in it.
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20140302/PC16/140309942
“Then there are people out deep-holing, dropping nets into the places shrimp hide, culling the number that would otherwise end up in commercial fishing nets. It’s illegal, but it’s hard to prosecute these folks.”
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It is absolutely not illegal - nor would any rational person assume that the amount of shrimp collected that way is the reason that the shrimp haul has declined the way it has.
SELLING shrimp that are collected using deep-hole techniques is illegal and was rumored to be a problem. I havent been here long enough to say otherwise. I can see how it would be hard to prosecute as well-
The season is closed right now for food shrimping, but we’re still throwing the deep hole net for bait shrimp. 12 dozen limit.
Not only is it not illegal, but for us out-of-state folks it only requires a non-resident fishing license, rather than that $500 non-resident baiting license. Limits are the same, no matter the technique, so I don’t see how it could be hurting anything.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats
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If you want to stay in business, SELL A QUALITY PRODUCT. No offense to anyone in this thread but if you compare the quality of stores amongst the seafood places around here, you can understand how a few of them are going out of business.
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I cannot fathom how deep-holing would decimate the population. Seems to me that shrimp baiting takes far, far more shrimp than deep holing, and even that would be in question as far as damaging the population.
Saying “I am offended” is telling everyone else that you cannot control your own emotions, and thus you need everyone else to do it for you.
Shrimping is like farming. There will always be a drought, blight, etc. I feel for them, but you hear the same stuff every five or so years when environmental factors affect the counts.
$5 a gallon diesel, dock fees, insurance, workers comp, and sitting on some of the most expensive real estate in the county has lead to the demise of the local shrimper. 30+ inches of rain last season did not help either.
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Originally posted by sellsfish
$5 a gallon diesel, dock fees, insurance, workers comp, and sitting on some of the most expensive real estate in the county has lead to the demise of the local shrimper. 30+ inches of rain last season did not help either.
Agreed 100%!
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