WFAE

NC considers ban on inshore shrimp trawling to protect estuaries. Opponents call it ‘disgraceful.’

A fishing cutter, photographed through the net of another boat, trawls for shrimp at Germany's North Sea coastline near the Jade river on Monday, Aug. 22, 2005. A ban on inshore shrimp trawling is ...
WFAE

Shrimp trawling ban passes NC Senate — without some coastal Republicans

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.
WRAL

Bill would ban shrimping near NC coast. Critics say it would cripple the industry

Trawlers wouldn’t be allowed to net shrimp in North Carolina’s inland waters or within a half-mile of the coast under a proposal given final approval by the North Carolina Senate on Thursday. Critics ...
The Herald SC

NC’s shrimp industry is shrinking. Faced with a ban, it made its presence known.

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 ...
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The rise and fall of ‘Shrimpgate.' NC's trawling controversy explained.

A bill to ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina's sounds died Wednesday at the hands of the state House of Representatives. Shrimpers from coastal towns rallied to oppose the bill, arriving at the ...