Members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted Friday to approve two amendments allowing shrimp trawling on ...

Members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted Friday to approve two amendments allowing shrimp trawling on ...

A vote this week could reinstate shrimp trawling for the first time in decades in a protected area off the coast of Fort ...

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

Therese Murphy and her family are proud of their part in improving the environmental reputation of Australia's prawn trawling industry. Australian Ocean King Prawn's 11 trawlers work a sandy sea bed ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - From truck convoys circling the legislative building to fresh shrimp being hauled in from the coast, shrimpers and fishing industry advocates from across the state gathered to ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s commercial shrimp trawling season will officially open in all legal state waters at 8 a.m. on Monday, June 2, 2025, according to the South Carolina Department of ...