As tempers flare over a proposed ban on shrimp trawling in the state’s inland and nearby offshore waters -- a Senate move ...

An exhibit opening this weekend in Jacksonville features paintings by artist Rik Freeman of Washington, D.C., that depict ...

Art Loop: Middlegrounds took place in Toledo on June 21. Click the image above to view the full gallery. First Published June 21, 2025, 3:54 p.m.

By Catherine Kozak | Outer Banks Voice Outer Banks commercial shrimpers will be waiting until next week to learn the fate of a bill in the North Carolina House of Representatives that could potenti… ...

The R/V Lady Lisa, a 75-foot shrimp trawler, passed through area waters last week, on the way to the Cape Canaveral area to begin scientific research projects, for the first time since 2019. In past ...

By Catherine Kozak for the Outer Banks Voice Outer Banks commercial shrimpers will be waiting until next week to learn the fate of a bill in the North Carolina House of Representatives that could ...

Two more counties oppose shrimp trawl ban amendment to bill By WITN Web Team Published: Jun. 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM PDT | Updated: Jun. 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM PDT ...

The Cameron and Connor, a vessel owned by Miss Gina’s Fresh Shrimp in Beaufort, N.C. is among small inshore shrimp trawlers that fish Pamlico Sound. Miss Gina's Fresh Shrimp photo. “Speckman contends ...

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 ...

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.

A shrimp boat off Springer's Point, Ocracoke. Photo: P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach The N.C. Senate on Thursday, after a third reading, passed House Bill 442 that includes an ...