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Publisher/Editor - Amy Thurman amy@southerntidesmagazine.com Editorial Assistant- Lila Miller lila@southerntidesmagazine.com The Bitter End Columnist - Captain J. Gary "Gator" Hill jgaryhill@gmail.com Around the Reef Columnist - Michelle Riley michelle.riley@noaa.gov Ebb & Flow Columnist - Trey Leggett info@southerntidesmagazine.com Taste of the Tides - Chef Johnny Carino info@southerntidesmagazine.com Did You Know? - Sydney Plummer info@southerntidesmagazine.com Contributing Writer - Emily Woodward ewoodward@uga.edu Contributing Writer - Erin Weeks weekse@dnr.sc.gov 5 Editor's Note 5 5 6 Community Updates 6 6 9 Ebb & Flow 9 9 11 Around the Reef 11 1 13 Did You Know? 13 1 Diatoms

1 13 Taste of the Tides 13 T S Shrimp Fra Diavolo 14 2018 Hurricane Season 14 21 20 Summer Camps for Kids 2 23 Summer Fun Series: 23 Fishing!

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Nesting female sea turtles will begin showing up in our waterways any day now. Please make an eff ort to watch for them so we can plenty more of these little guys this season. This Sea Island hatchling is making his way to the relative safety of the ocean with the whole wide world ahead of him.