The general trawl zone is being closed to commercial shrimp fishing — the state’s most valuable fishery — to protect overwintering stock that cold water is threatening to kill outright or drive to ...

The state’s shrimp fishing season will last a couple more weeks after a congresswoman from South Carolina reintroduced a bill aimed at aiding a national shrimp industry reeling from a ...

Local lawmakers are looking to protect our shrimp and seafood industry by introducing legislation that would expand federal ...

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina officials say commercial fishing in the state declined by weight last year even as shrimp volume increased to a record high. The N.C. Division of Marine ...

(WNCT) — One conservation group in North Carolina is taking a stand, saying fish like Gray Trout and Croaker can’t survive if commercial shrimp trawlers are allowed to run their nets in the Pamlico ...

Illegally caught pink shrimp in the hold of a fishing vessel approximately 12 miles off Marquesas Keys, Florida, Sept. 19, 2024. The fishing vessel was boarded by Coast Guard Station Key West for a ...

Two commercial fishers in British Columbia have been fined a combined CAD 40,000 ($29,137) for illegally harvesting shrimp during a seasonal closure in waters off Vancouver Island, on Canada's west ...

Virginia could open a small commercial shrimp fishery off Virginia Beach, after a four-year experiment showed it is ecologically sustainable and commercially viable. The Virginia Marine Resources ...

After galvanizing an industry, sparking death threats for state lawmakers and creating a divide between the House and Senate, a bill prohibiting shrimp trawling in North Carolina’s sounds was the ...