Ministers announced the proposed ban after David Attenborough’s film Ocean revealed the extent of the damage to the ocean ...

Shrimpers from coastal towns rallied to oppose the bill, arriving at the Legislative Building in droves over the past week as the ban appeared and then quickly passed the state Senate with ...

N.C. State Sen. Bobby Hanig gets a hug during a protest of House Bill 442 at the Legislature Building Tuesday, June 24, 2025. House Bill 442 bans commercial shrimp trawling in inshore waters, ...

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Following the surprise introduction of legislation that would ban shrimp trawling in nearly all of North Carolina’s coastal waters, a host of groups and individuals have ...

A proposed inland trawling ban left NC shrimpers boiling hot. Now what happens? The bill, now dropped, would have seen trawling banned from NC's inland and near-ocean waters.

A proposed shrimp trawling ban in sounds and inshore waters draws protesters from Eastern North Carolina for a rally at the General Assembly in Raleigh Tuesday.

House Bill 442, which the Senate approved in a vote last week, would ban shrimp trawling inshore and within a half-mile of the shoreline in North Carolina.

North Carolina commercial shrimpers use trawl nets to catch shrimp. Typically, boats pull the trawl at a speed of 2 1/2 to 3 knots , Skinner said, which is around 3 mph.

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 ...

North Carolina allows shrimp trawling of inshore waters, and is the only remaining state on the East Coast to do so. In this photo, a Louisiana biologist holds a white shrimp on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010.