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 ...

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 ...

WANCHESE — The tourists come from Pennsylvania and Maryland, from South Dakota and Texas, from just about everywhere, to North Carolina’s Outer Banks for a week of sun, water and relaxation. And when ...

SWAN QUARTER, N.C. — In Swan Quarter, North Carolina, on a hot August afternoon, Vernon Sadler pulled in his boat after spending two days on the water. He’s been shrimping ever since he quit school at ...

UPDATE (6/20/25): The Onslow County Government stated on Friday that their Chairman, Tim Foster, sent a letter to State Representatives opposing the potential change to HB 442. They expressed their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 80-foot-long Gracie Bell, with two 68-foot-wide nets dragging behind it, is trawling at 2.5 knots in 25 feet of water in an ...

Shrimpers in the US state of North Carolina are not sitting back quietly as a bill that would ban commercial shrimp trawling in inshore waters and within a half-mile of the Atlantic Ocean shoreline ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. After testing the waters part time for seven years, Adam Dietz quit his auto body mechanic job in March to make shrimping his ...

Shrimp is one of the most popular types of seafood consumed in the United States. Shrimp trawling uses nets towed slowly near the bottom of the water. Turtle excluder and bycatch reduction devices ...

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 ...