Study commissioned by lawmakers is silent on whether the state should ban shrimp trawling. But it urges changes in how North ...

A ban on inshore shrimp trawling is moving quickly toward a vote in the North Carolina Senate. On Tuesday morning, the provision was inserted into House Bill 442, which deals with recreational ...

The North Carolina Senate approved a bill Thursday that bans commercial shrimp trawling in inshore waters, including sounds. Sen. Bobby Hanig, a Republican who represents multiple coastal counties ...

A bill that would have mandated a recreational flounder season fell apart in Raleigh, but might there still be hope for ...

Lawmakers had considered opening state waters year-round, but the legislation died when a shrimp trawling ban was inserted at ...

P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer By Joy Crist, Island Free Press In a sweeping three-year study mandated by the North Carolina General Assembly, the North Carolina ...

The North Carolina House will not take up the Senate's proposed ban on inshore shrimp trawling, Republicans decided Wednesday afternoon.. Commercial fishermen erupted in cheers when House ...