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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Hundreds gathered in Raleigh on Tuesday morning to protest a bill to ban inland shrimping.House Bill 442 would ban commercial shrimp trawling in inshore waters, including sounds. It passed the Senate ...

A federal council is preparing to make a critical decision about whether to reopen parts of the Oculina Bank, one of the ...

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 ...

South Carolina's commercial shrimping season fully opened June 2. Amid a tumultuous market, local shrimpers set sail with optimism and a message for consumers. Whether at seafood markets or coastal ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WKRG) — More waters that were previously closed for recreational and commercial shrimping are now open in the Biloxi area, according to the city. A city of Biloxi news release said, ...