Carolina Caught: Uncertain Future | Carolina Stories - Episode 8

Carolina Stories: Carolina Caught, Part 8

Due to higher fuel costs and the lower prices he'll receive at the docks, Errol faces an uncertain future. With the ever-growing demands of population growth, overseas imports, and rising costs of day-to-day operations, the future for the traditional shrimp boat fisherman looks bleak.

Standards

• This indicator was developed to promote inquiry into how U.S. relationships with other countries have developed since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
  • 5.5.CX Contextualize the changes in rural communities in South Carolina within national and global industries.
• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into how a state measures development by analyzing economic, social, and demographic factors. This indicator also promotes inquiry into development trends. Equally important is inquiry into gender disparities.
  • HG.2.1.PR Identify regions of varying degrees of economic development, and explain the factors that influence the location and spatial distribution of these regions at the local and global scales using maps and geographic models and representations.