News from the Front Porch
Dear Front Porch Readers, Please note the following: From the Daufuksie Island Conservancy: The Daufuskie Island Conservancy Presents Shrimping on the “Tammy Jane” Monday, November 12, 2012 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Hudson’s Seafood House on the Docks 1 Hudson Road off of Squire Pope Road, Hilton Head Open to the first 25 with paid reservations DIC members: $40 Non-members: $65.00 While we’re underway to the trawling grounds, learn about the estuary around us and the shells and sponges in our local waters. When we reach the trawling grounds, the nets will be deployed. Our captain will tell us about the physics and theory of the net system, the history of shrimping, the shrimp’s life cycle and a day in the life of a shrimper. The nets will then be pulled aboard and we will learn about what we’ve caught! FYI, if shrimp are caught, they will be shared with us!! Allow 3 hours for this very special event. Afterwards, stay for lunch