Requets for recreational shrimping licenses are staggeringly low

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Just ten years ago there were nearly 20,000 shrimping licenses handed out for the opening of the recreational season. This year's count: less than 5,000.

Times are tough and shrimp are small. What's a shrimper to do?

The Post and Courier has the story.

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