North Carolina commercial shrimpers use trawl nets to catch shrimp. Typically, boats pull the trawl at a speed of 2 1/2 to 3 knots, Skinner said, which is around 3 mph.

North Carolina commercial shrimpers use trawl nets to catch shrimp. Typically, boats pull the trawl at a speed of 2 1/2 to 3 knots, Skinner said, which is around 3 mph.

A proposed shrimp trawling ban in sounds and inshore waters draws protesters from Eastern North Carolina for a rally at the General Assembly in Raleigh Tuesday.

Hundreds of people associated with the fishing industry line up to enter the North Carolina General Assembly in opposition to HB 442, legislation that would prohibit shrimp trawling in all inshore ...

A bill to ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina’s sounds died Wednesday at the hands of the state House of Representatives. Shrimpers from coastal towns rallied to oppose the bill, arriving at ...

They came in opposition to HB 442, legislation that would prohibit shrimp trawling in all inshore fishing waters and within one-half mile of the shoreline.

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 ...

A bill that would ban shrimp trawling along North Carolina’s coast passed the Senate Thursday with bipartisan support.

A shrimp boat off the coast of North Carolina. OK, so now we're going to get an update on what's been going on at the General Assembly in Raleigh this session.

A proposed shrimp trawling ban in sounds and inshore waters draws protesters from Eastern North Carolina for a rally at the General Assembly in Raleigh Tuesday.