A fishing cutter, photographed through the net of another boat, trawls for shrimp at Germany's North Sea coastline near the Jade river on Monday, Aug. 22, 2005. A ban on inshore shrimp trawling is ...

North Carolina allows shrimp trawling of inshore waters, and is the only remaining state on the East Coast to do so. In this photo, a Louisiana biologist holds a white shrimp on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010.

Therese Murphy and her family are proud of their part in improving the environmental reputation of Australia's prawn trawling industry. Australian Ocean King Prawn's 11 trawlers work a sandy sea bed ...

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 ...

CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT)- A bill that would limit shrimp trawling is now heading to House for a vote. The bill would prohibit all shrimp trawling in in-shore fishing waters and within half a mile ...

North Carolina House Republicans won’t take up a bill that would ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina sounds, they said Wednesday — a decision met with jubilation from shrimpers in the Legislative ...

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 ...

Seafloor trawling for prawns and scallops in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area is causing massive damage, according to a new WWF report. Cairns, Australia - Seafloor trawling for prawns and ...

A vast majority of Costa Ricans have voiced their rejection of shrimp trawling. According to the National University (UNA), 91.3% of the population is against this practice. The study, published on ...

Laken Lewis Wheatly, seated with fishermen in the gallery, covers her face as the North Carolina Senate passes the second reading of HB 442, 40-4 on Wednesday at the N.C. General Assembly. Robert ...

Hundreds of supporters of North Carolina's shrimp industry, many from coastal counties, descended on the state legislature to protest a proposed ban on shrimp trawling in the state's inland waters.