RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Coastal fishermen are turning out in full force in Raleigh on Tuesday to oppose a bill that would ban some kinds of shrimp fishing. Large commercial trucks with signs reading ...

The Louisiana Shrimp Association issued a sharp public response this week after it said CCA Louisiana tagged the group in a Facebook post it described as an attempt to draw shrimpers into an attack on ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – Local lawmakers are looking to protect our shrimp and seafood industry by introducing legislation that would expand federal relief to commercial fishermen. The Protect ...

Activists fighting a ban on inshore shrimp trawling brought local shrimp to the North Carolina legislature in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. The North Carolina House will not take up the ...

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.

Illegally caught pink shrimp in the hold of a fishing vessel approximately 12 miles off Marquesas Keys, Florida, Sept. 19, 2024. The fishing vessel was boarded by Coast Guard Station Key West for a ...

Republican state lawmakers are on the cusp of doing something they're usually undoing – protecting the environment. The state Senate's Republican majority has voted overwhelmingly in support of a bill ...

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 ...

Two commercial fishers in British Columbia have been fined a combined CAD 40,000 ($29,137) for illegally harvesting shrimp during a seasonal closure in waters off Vancouver Island, on Canada's west ...