Legal Analyst: NC bill considers paying shrimpers impacted by trawling ban
RALEIGH, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — North Carolina senators gave their approval to a bill that would pay shrimpers for the next three years if they are impacted by the trawling ban making its way through the legislature. Chief Legal Analyst Khalif Rhodes explains the fallout.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) — The House Republican Caucus has decided not to move forward with a vote on a controversial bill that would ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina. House Bill 442 would have banned shrimp trawling in all inland waters and half a mile from the coast. On Wednesday,…
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) -- Coastal fishermen are turning out in full force in Raleigh on Tuesday to oppose a bill that would ban some kinds of shrimp fishing. Large commercial trucks with signs reading 'NC Seafood for All No Trawl Ban' honked their horns and drove circles around the legislative…
TERREBONNE PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Local shrimpers are hopeful the new tariffs on imported shrimp will bolster the domestic shrimp industry. "We've had to get more active and have to go to Baton Rouge or have to go to Washington, D.C. That kind of thing or something that really never happened…