WRAL

Flounder fishing bill would ban inshore shrimp trawling in NC

The North Carolina Senate voted for the measure Wednesday. A final vote is scheduled for Thursday. Some coastal Republicans are adamantly opposed.
Raleigh News & Observer

NC Senate votes to ban shrimp trawling in sounds, angering some coastal Republicans

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 ...
WFAE

NC inshore shrimp trawling ban is dead, Republicans say. At least for now

Activists fighting a ban on inshore shrimp trawling brought local shrimp to the North Carolina legislature in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. The North Carolina House will not take up the ...
WRAL

Shrimp trawling argument highlights conflict between recreational, commercial fishing on NC coast

WANCHESE — The tourists come from Pennsylvania and Maryland, from South Dakota and Texas, from just about everywhere, to North Carolina’s Outer Banks for a week of sun, water and relaxation. And when ...
WUNC

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 ...