Shrimp is one of the most popular types of seafood consumed in the United States. Shrimp trawling uses nets towed slowly near the bottom of the water. Turtle excluder and bycatch reduction devices ...

Advocates and businesses of the shrimping and seafood industry gathered at the North Carolina Legislative Building to protest a proposed ban on inland trawling. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline) ...

North Carolina allows shrimp trawling of inshore waters, and is the only remaining state on the East Coast to do so. In this photo, a Louisiana biologist holds a white shrimp on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010.

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. A controversial bill that has been making its way through the North Carolina legislature would ban shrimp trawling in sounds, rivers ...

A federal council is preparing to make a critical decision about whether to reopen parts of the Oculina Bank, one of the ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. The North Carolina Senate approved a bill Thursday that bans commercial shrimp trawling in inshore waters, including sounds. Sen.

A Senate-passed bill to ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina’s inland waters won’t advance in the House this session, lawmakers confirmed to WRAL on Tuesday afternoon. About 100 shrimpers and others ...

TYRRELL COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Three more counties are opposing an amendment to a pending bill that would put limitations on shrimp trawling along the coast. The Tyrrell County Board of Commissioners ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - Driving from Beaufort to Raleigh, Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck says he’s making the trip to the capital to speak on behalf of his constituents on the shrimp trawling ban ...

STUMPY POINT, N.C. — A bill in the North Carolina General Assembly, originally meant to restore flounder and red snapper seasons, could now target the shrimping industry. The Outer Banks community ...

Laken Lewis Wheatly, seated with fishermen in the gallery, covers her face as the North Carolina Senate passes the second reading of HB 442, 40-4 on Wednesday at the N.C. General Assembly. Robert ...