A controversial bill that has been making its way through the North Carolina legislature would ban shrimp trawling in sounds, rivers and within a half mile of the coast. While that bill won’t be taken ...

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 ...

When fishing companies go trawling, an industrial fishing method the involves dragging a fishing net across the seafloor, they wreak havoc on the lives of countless ocean creatures. These ...

Idaho Today brings you a never-before-seen video of the effects of industrial trawling on the ocean floor. World Ocean Day reminds us that the smallest to the most devastating actions will have ...

A bill to ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina’s sounds died Wednesday at the hands of the state House of Representatives. Shrimpers from coastal towns rallied to oppose the bill, arriving at the ...