Advocates and businesses of the shrimping and seafood industry gathered at the North Carolina Legislative Building to protest a proposed ban on inland trawling. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline) ...

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 ...

In 1995, the year the Texas Legislature passed a landmark bill limiting entry into the state's commercial shrimp fishery, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department issued 3,231 shrimping licenses. By ...

DARIEN — Brian Richburg sensed an opportunity in 2020 when he purchased Miss Kristin, a commercial shrimping trawler. Gasoline was cheap. Shrimp prices were climbing. And along Darien’s famed docks, ...

Starting Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 6 a.m., all inside waters in Alabama will be closed to commercial and recreational shrimp harvesting. This temporary ban, which runs through June 1, aims to give the ...

On a humid April afternoon, Christine Gala picked her way through the wreckage of what used to be Trico Shrimping Company, before Hurricane Ian had its way with it. She made her way to the western ...

The commercial shrimp season for state and federal waters will reopen 30 minutes after sunset on July 15, according to a Texas Parks and Wildlife news release. The waters close every year to allow the ...

The North Carolina Coastal Federation will accept applications until Dec. 12 from the commercial watermen and women who want ...