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

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

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Typically, boats pull the trawl at a speed of 2 1/2 to 3 knots, Skinner said, which is around 3 mph. . The trawl forms a flattened cone shape, where the bottom line, also called the foot rope, is ...

Typically, boats pull the trawl at a speed of 2 1/2 to 3 knots, Skinner said, which is around 3 mph. . The trawl forms a flattened cone shape, where the bottom line, also called the foot rope, is ...

The trawling ban provision directed the state Marine Fisheries Commission to implement the rule. If it had passed, the law would have gone into effect Dec. 1.

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Following the surprise introduction of legislation that would ban shrimp trawling in nearly all of ...

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

The trawling ban provision directed the state Marine Fisheries Commission to implement the rule. If it had passed, the law would have gone into effect Dec. 1.

The North Carolina House of Representatives axed a bill that would put a ban to shrimp trawling along the state's coast.

The House won't take up the proposal, which also would have opened up recreation flounder and red snapper fishing seasons.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... An amendment that would have had a significant impact on the seafood industry in ...