The Town of Kiawah Island and Beach Patrol have received a number of calls regarding large numbers of dead fish on the Kiawah beach. According to officials, there are no water quality concerns.
These fish have washed ashore from shrimp boats trawling of the Kiawah beach. Yesterday was opening day of shrimping season in South Carolina and there were 25-30 boats in our area. When shrimp boats empty their nets, the shrimp are sorted, and the bycatch (mostly small fish) is discarded overboard.
