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Latest Beach Swimming Advisory Information
Chatham County, GA

Beach Advisory Issued on Tybee Island

Darien man breaks state African pompano record
Brunswick, Ga.

A 26-year-old Darien man landed a record-breaking African pompano (Alectis ciliaris) off the Georgia coast Saturday, March 13, 2021, and has been certified as the new state record holder for that species.  

Public meeting set for new shellfish gear, leases
Brunswick, Ga.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources will host a virtual town hall meeting to receive public input on a newly proposed mariculture zone for oyster farming in Coastal Georgia at 6 pm. Thursday, March 18, 2021.

Georgia recreational bluefish fishery to close during March, April
Brunswick, Ga

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced it will close the recreational Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) fishery in March and April of 2021.

Georgia shrimp season to close Jan. 31
Brunswick, Ga.
  • Georgia’s commercial and recreational food shrimp harvest season will close by administrative order at 6:31 p.m. Jan. 31, 2021.
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