A bill to ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina's sounds died Wednesday at the hands of the state House of Representatives.

The bill, now dropped, would have seen trawling banned from NC's inland and near-ocean waters. Shrimpers say it would have ...

If put into law, this would limit fishermen to fishing in areas located more than one-half mile from the shore. “In the ...

Glenn Skinner, a commercial fisherman and the executive director of the North Carolina Fisheries Association, explained ...

A House bill aimed at banning inshore shrimp trawling dies, a day after shrimpers, seafood business owners protested against ...

A controversial bill in the North Carolina General Assembly that would ban shrimp trawling in inshore waters and offshore ...

A ban on inshore shrimp trawling is moving quickly toward a vote in the North Carolina Senate. On Tuesday morning, the ...

Tuesday, senators agreed to insert the shrimp provision into House Bill 442 without public notice. They said it will help ...

Lawmakers in the North Carolina House of Representatives have effectively killed a ban on inshore shrimp trawling, a proposal ...

The North Carolina Senate passed a controversial shrimp trawl ban Wednesday. The vote was 41 to 4. Senators added the ban to ...

The North Carolina Senate passed a bill to ban shrimp trawling in inland waters, but after fierce opposition from the shrimp industry and some lawmakers, it won't advance in the House.