Despite public outcry against the move, the Senate has voted in favor of the shrimp trawling ban in inshore waters and within a half-mile of the shoreline that was tacked onto a bill earlier this week ...

N.C. Catch, N.C. Watermen United, Carteret County Fisherman's Association, Ocracoke Seafood Co. and Carteret Catch are ...

The payments would last until Oct. 1, 2028. The amount of the payment would depend on the value of eligible shrimp trip tickets submitted by the license holder, plus $180.

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A shrimp trawler at a dock on Village Creek on St. Helena Island. The Southern Shrimp Alliance is asking shrimp state governors to press the federal government for a disaster declaration because ...

Delicate brown shrimp are arranged with artistic precision, transforming a simple plate into a stunning visual masterpiece. Each element—shrimp, garnish, and sauce—blends into a harmonious ...

North Carolina House Republicans won’t take up a bill that would ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina sounds, they said ...

A batch of dead fish are skimmed from the surface of the Intracoastal Waterway using a trawler on the shrimp boat Southbound. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times/TNS) ...

Section 3a. of the bill reads, “The violations of the statute or the rules for which the penalty is mandatory are using or attempting to use any trawl net, long haul seine, swipe net, mechanical ...

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.

Weights on the bottom of a general shrimp trawl net, which are meant to stay open to entrap shrimp, can penetrate nearly 6 inches into the seafloor, according to University of Miami research.

A Wednesday afternoon session was delayed more than 90 minutes awaiting the decision that rejected the Senate’s insertion of a shrimp trawling ban within a half mile of the shoreline.