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.

A surprise proposal in 2025 to ban shrimp trawling in the state's inland waters prompted a fierce pushback from fishermen and their allies.

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 ...

North Carolina lawmakers have a plan to pay commercial fishermen impacted by proposed restrictions on shrimp trawling in the state's coastal sounds. The Senate gave its final approval to the trawling ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. After galvanizing an industry, sparking death threats for state lawmakers and creating a divide between the House and Senate, a bill ...

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.

House Republicans declined to advance House Bill 442 banning shrimp trawling. Shrimpers and coastal lawmakers opposed the bill over industry impact concerns. Legislators may revisit the issue, but no ...

The Oculina Bank runs from Flagler Beach to Fort Pierce, is thousands of years old, and is found nowhere else in the world. Is it worth protecting?

Thiruvananthapuram: Unchecked deep-sea shrimp trawling off Kerala may be damaging marine ecosystems, fish stocks and fisher livelihoods, scientists ha.

Shrimpers rallied at the N.C. legislature to protest a proposed trawling ban. Senators cited environmental damage and by-catch as reasons for the restriction. Bipartisan lawmakers and shrimpers ...