Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A controversial bill that has been making its way through the North Carolina legislature would ban shrimp trawling in sounds, ...

Some 1.3 million t of tropical shrimp are caught annually throughout the world. An approximate estimate1 is that 419,000 trawlers from 65 countries catch shrimp, generating employment for around ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A plan to make more shrimpers include sea turtle escape hatches in their nets has been vastly scaled back , federal regulators announced Thursday, potentially contributing to the ...

The exempted fishing permit (EFP) would exempt, with certain conditions, the applicant from federal bycatch reduction device (BRD) requirements. The primary goal of the project is to gauge industry ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - From truck convoys circling the legislative building to fresh shrimp being hauled in from the coast, shrimpers and fishing industry advocates from across the state gathered to ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. When fishers accidentally catch non-target species, they either sell the so-called bycatch or throw it back into the ocean, almost always dead.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - The North Carolina Senate is one step closer to passing a bill that would put limitations on shrimp trawling along the coast. Wednesday evening, the state senate voted 41 to ...

Laken Lewis Wheatly, seated with fishermen in the gallery, covers her face as the North Carolina Senate passes the second reading of HB 442, 40-4 on Wednesday at the N.C. General Assembly. Robert ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Coastal waterways are officially open as of 8 a.m. Monday for 2025’s commercial shrimping season. Shrimp trawling season — the time of year for the commercial fishing ...

The Indonesian government has temporarily restricted trade with China in the wake of the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, The move has hit the shrimp-fishing community in Sumatra’s ...