A federal fishery management council once again has moved forward with a plan that would allow rock shrimpers to drag trawling nets along a protected Florida seafloor and rare deep-water coral reef ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Advocates and businesses of the shrimping and seafood industry gathered at the North Carolina Legislative Building Advocates and ...

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 ...

Most days, John Potter, better known by his nickname “Tookie,” can be found sorting through shrimp nets and painting buoys in his backyard. “My grandfather and his brother started shucking oysters ...

Advisory committees to the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission on Tuesday recommended against a petition to restrict shrimp trawlers operating in coastal sounds after hearing from hundreds of ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – June 2 marked the opening day for shrimp trawling season in the Lowcountry, and for one fisherman, it was one of his most challenging days in his lifelong career. Rocky ...