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

WANCHESE, N.C. — A bill is in the North Carolina state legislature that could create more access to flounder and red snapper fisheries. Access, especially to flounder, has been a frustration for ...

Legislation moving through the North Carolina General Assembly could bring a significant change to how the state manages its ...

The bill, now dropped, would have seen trawling banned from NC's inland and near-ocean waters. Shrimpers say it would have ...

A trawling ban amendment came up for consideration with little notice, then was approved in the Senate on Thursday. Its ...

A ban on inshore shrimp trawling is moving quickly toward a vote in the North Carolina Senate. On Tuesday morning, the provision was inserted into House Bill 442, which deals with recreational fishing ...

Recent developments in the North Carolina Senate regarding House Bill 442 have ignited significant debate across Eastern ...

Trawlers wouldn’t be allowed to net shrimp in North Carolina’s inland waters or within a half-mile of the coast under a ...

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

Eastern North Carolina shrimpers are celebrating a significant victory after House Bill 442 was officially killed in the ...

Coastal fishermen are turning out in full force in Raleigh on Tuesday to oppose a bill that would ban some kinds of shrimp ...

N.C. State Sen. Bobby Hanig gets a hug during a protest of House Bill 442 at the Legislature Building Tuesday, June 24, 2025.