Posted on October 3, 2001
Over a decade ago, South Carolina recognized the tremendous value of redfish as a game fish - and gave it that status officially, allowing no more commercial fishing for the species. Now, more and more South Carolina anglers actively participate in improving the fishery through the state's growing tag-and-release redfish program. In fact, that program was begun about 20 years ago by David Cupka, now director of South Carolina's Office of Fisheries Management, and its numbers are impressive. "We've had over 8,000 people participate in the program," Cupka says.
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