AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. A controversial bill that has been making its way through the North Carolina legislature would ban shrimp trawling in sounds, rivers ...

Advisory committees to the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission on Tuesday recommended against a petition to restrict shrimp trawlers operating in coastal sounds after hearing from hundreds of ...

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 ...

The general trawl zone is being closed to commercial shrimp fishing — the state’s most valuable fishery — to protect overwintering stock that cold water is threatening to kill outright or drive to ...

Shrimp trawlers are tied to a pier in McClellanville, South Carolina on July 19, 2025. The Pamela Sue is owned by Bryan Jones, vice president of the South Carolina Shrimper’s Association. Riley ...