AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Shrimp is one of the most popular types of seafood consumed in the United States. Shrimp trawling uses nets towed slowly near the ...

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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - North Carolina senators on Monday approved a plan to pay the commercial fishermen impacted by a proposed inland shrimp trawling ban. The approval comes ahead of a planned ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - One House bill has fueled some controversy after passing in the Senate. House Bill 442, intended to open the red fish and flounder fishing seasons again, has now also put ...

WANCHESE — The tourists come from Pennsylvania and Maryland, from South Dakota and Texas, from just about everywhere, to North Carolina’s Outer Banks for a week of sun, water and relaxation. And when ...

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 ...

A bill introduced last month in the U.S. House of Representatives that could place limits on trawling by fishermen and shrimpers is drawing the fire of seafood industry groups from Alaska to Florida.

Supporters of the ban say trawling damages fish habitats and depletes fish populations, while shrimpers argue it would devastate their livelihoods. A study on the impacts of trawling and a lawsuit ...

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is considering reopening the Oculina Bank coral reef to rock shrimp trawling nets. Conservationists say that would destroy the rare coral reef found ...