Offshore wind is coming. NC tourism, fishing industries try to make sure it won’t hurt. By Adam Wagner. Updated January 07, 2023 12:57 AM.

Lawmakers had considered opening state waters year-round, but the legislation died when a shrimp trawling ban was inserted at ...

Cooper has said he'd like to see 2.8 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind off the North Carolina coast by 2030 and 8 GW by 2040, providing power for roughly 2.3 million homes.

A new state record for Bulleye (Cookeolus japonicus) was caught by Jody Hopkins off Ocracoke, on June 21st. According to The ...

U.S. Offshore Wind Plans Collide With Fishing Concerns off Carolina Coast Interior Department auctioned off wind-power leases Wednesday in a spot one charter captain called ‘our creme de la creme’ ...

SOUTHPORT, N.C. - A North Carolina man's catch of the day may actually break a world record! 30-year-old Connor Stone of Southport, North Carolina, caught a colorful puddingwife about 35 miles off ...

Oil companies have wanted to drill off the Atlantic Coast since in the 1980s. NC’s Democratic governor and SC’s Republican governor got together to say the answer should still be, “No.” ...