{"id":2952,"date":"2024-05-06T03:51:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T07:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/hooklinescience\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2024-05-13T08:43:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T12:43:39","slug":"where-do-red-drum-hide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/hooklinescience\/where-do-red-drum-hide\/","title":{"rendered":"Where do red drum hide?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
A South Carolina study finds that where red drum go to escape depends on whether they are hatchery-raised.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Did you know that red drum are the state saltwater fish of North Carolina, due to their popularity as a sportfish?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Red drum are also extremely popular with South Carolina anglers. In the 1980s, South Carolina red drum populations began to decline, a concern for anglers and fish biologists alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to these declines, managers began spawning red drum in hatcheries to supplement wild populations and create more angling opportunities. Biologists release the juvenile fish when they are about 2 inches long into estuarine oyster reefs, mudflats, and vegetated marshes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nResearch Need<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n