Shrimpers from coastal towns rallied to oppose the bill, arriving at the Legislative Building in droves over the past week as ...

Glenn Skinner, a commercial fisherman and the executive director of the North Carolina Fisheries Association, explained ...

A bill targeting shrimp trawling in NC ignited massive blowback from those who say the industry is vital to their livelihoods ...

The bill, now dropped, would have seen trawling banned from NC's inland and near-ocean waters. Shrimpers say it would have ...

After galvanizing an industry, sparking death threats for state lawmakers and creating a divide between the House and Senate, ...

“30 and 40 heads working for them at all 3 fish houses, you’re putting all them people out of business. They’ve got 100 ...

Shrimp Trawling Transition Program/Fees, known also as House Bill 441, was on March 18 known as Iler’s Loggerhead ...

A House bill aimed at banning inshore shrimp trawling dies, a day after shrimpers, seafood business owners protested against ...

The House won't take up the proposal, which also would have opened up recreation flounder and red snapper fishing seasons.

A day after hundreds of fishermen protested against a controversial amendment that would impact shrimp trawling throughout ...

The House Republican Caucus has decided not to move forward with a vote on a controversial bill that would ban shrimp ...

In a win for North Carolina coastal communities, a bill that would have banned shrimp trawling in North Carolina has died.