Glenn Skinner, a commercial fisherman and the executive director of the North Carolina Fisheries Association, explained ...

The bill, now dropped, would have seen trawling banned from NC's inland and near-ocean waters. Shrimpers say it would have ...

The latest fisheries bycatch data paints a grim picture, with trawlers hauling up thousands of kilograms of coral and killing hundreds of fur seals and seabirds over a 12 month period.

The latest fisheries bycatch data paints a grim picture, with trawlers hauling up thousands of kilograms of coral and killing hundreds of fur seals and seabirds over a 12 month period. The bycatch ...

Conservationists say Sir David Attenborough would be “mortified” by images of six tonnes of coral caught in a single trawl net off New Zealand’s east coast. Seafood New Zealand’s CEO Lisa ...

Legislation moving through the North Carolina General Assembly could bring a significant change to how the state manages its coastal waters and a longstanding industry. READ ...

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

Shrimp is one of the most popular types of seafood consumed in the United States. Shrimp trawling uses nets towed slowly near the bottom of the water. Turtle excluder and bycatch reduction devices ...

The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition said closing a section of the Chatham Rise fishery was a start, but not enough - and ...

They also note that up to 4 pounds of bycatch − a catch-all word for fish shrimpers don't want − are indiscriminately caught in the trawl nets for every 1 pound of shrimp.

Shrimp trawling, or dragging nets to catch shrimp, results in a large portion of bycatch, or fish caught alongside the shrimp. Some estimates say bycatch makes up 4lbs of every catch for every 1lb ...