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

A Southern flounder being released into the water. Legislation that would force an expansion of recreational fishing seasons for two popular coastal fish species has passed the North Carolina ...

The North Carolina Senate passed a bill to ban shrimp trawling in inland waters, but after fierce opposition from the shrimp ...

North Carolina lawmakers are advancing a bill that would kill the state's shrimping industry. On Thursday, the state Senate ...

A Southern flounder being released into the water. Legislation that would force an expansion of recreational fishing seasons for two popular coastal fish species has passed the North Carolina ...

The southern flounder stocking program is a long, iterative process that, while aided by similar efforts in other Southern states, will take some time to perfect.

Despite public outcry against the move, the Senate has voted in favor of the shrimp trawling ban in inshore waters and within ...

As tempers flare over a proposed ban on shrimp trawling in the state’s inland and nearby offshore waters -- a Senate move ...

Southern flounder are a popular North Carolina fish. For the first time, North Carolina's commercial and recreational fishing industries are set to split the southern flounder catch 50-50 this year.

Southern flounder — a favorite among recreational fishermen along the Atlantic coast — have been steadily declining in South Carolina’s waterways.

Open the southern flounder fishery for recreational fishing at least six weeks a year. Set a commercial quota for southern flounder harvest at 750,000 pounds each year.

A pair of state Senate committees have approved a bill that requires opening recreational flounder and red snapper seasons ...