Outer Banks Voice The fishing community and many on the Outer Banks breathed a major sigh of relief in June 2025 when a NC Senate measure that would have imposed a shrimp ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The North Carolina Senate approved a bill Thursday that bans commercial shrimp trawling in inshore waters, including sounds. Sen.

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. After galvanizing an industry, sparking death threats for state lawmakers and creating a divide between the House and Senate, a bill ...

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 contentious debate over banning shrimp trawling in North Carolina's inland waters is expected to continue. Supporters of a ban cite environmental damage and bycatch, while opponents warn of ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - Driving from Beaufort to Raleigh, Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck says he’s making the trip to the capital to speak on behalf of his constituents on the shrimp trawling ban ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Shrimp is one of the most popular types of seafood consumed in the United States. Shrimp trawling uses nets towed slowly near the ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Republican state lawmakers are on the cusp of doing something they’re usually undoing – ...

STUMPY POINT, N.C. — A bill in the North Carolina General Assembly, originally meant to restore flounder and red snapper seasons, could now target the shrimping industry. The Outer Banks community ...

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 ...

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 ...