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 ...

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 ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - The North Carolina Senate is one step closer to passing a bill that would put limitations on shrimp trawling along the coast. Wednesday evening, the state senate voted 41 to ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Coastal waterways are officially open as of 8 a.m. Monday for 2025’s commercial shrimping season. Shrimp trawling season — the time of year for the commercial fishing ...

A fishing cutter, photographed through the net of another boat, trawls for shrimp at Germany's North Sea coastline near the Jade river on Monday, Aug. 22, 2005. A ban on inshore shrimp trawling is ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Bringing a parade of shrimp trucks to Jones Street, shrimpers from Eastern North Carolina made their presence known at the legislature to oppose a bill they say would ...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A vote this week could reinstate shrimp trawling for the first time in decades in a protected area off the coast of Fort Pierce, despite opposition from scientists and ...

Hundreds of supporters of North Carolina’s shrimp industry, many from coastal counties, descended on the state legislature to protest a proposed ban on shrimp trawling in the state’s inland waters.

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Shrimpers rallied at the N.C. legislature to protest a proposed trawling ban. Senators cited environmental damage and by-catch as ...

UPDATE (6/20/25): The Onslow County Government stated on Friday that their Chairman, Tim Foster, sent a letter to State Representatives opposing the potential change to HB 442. They expressed their ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The seafood industry contributes nearly $300 million to North Carolina’s economy. But the state’s Wildlife Federation is calling for the end to inshore shrimp trawling due to ...