Discover North Carolina seafood spots that transform Christmas dinner into a coastal tradition, serving fresh local catches, ...

Cruise into El’s Drive-In in Morehead City for carhop charm and the legendary shrimp burger North Carolina locals swear is ...

After galvanizing an industry, sparking death threats for state lawmakers and creating a divide between the House and Senate, a bill prohibiting shrimp trawling in North Carolina’s sounds was the ...

Hardy and Reda Hassan, who own and operate Bella Verona, just opened a new restaurant in Shelby. Here's what you'll find on ...

Activists fighting a ban on inshore shrimp trawling brought local shrimp to the North Carolina legislature in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. The North Carolina House will not take up the ...

Shrimpers along North Carolina’s coast say their way of life is at risk as lawmakers debate banning in-shore trawling, a move they argue would wipe out small operators and ripple through coastal ...

The North Carolina Senate approved a bill Thursday that bans commercial shrimp trawling in inshore waters, including sounds. Sen. Bobby Hanig, a Republican who represents multiple coastal counties, ...

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 ...

Morehead City, NC -- Preliminary numbers show that the North Carolina shrimp harvest in 2005 was about a third of the average haul and may be the smallest in more than 25 years. State fisheries ...

After galvanizing an industry, sparking death threats for state lawmakers and creating a divide between the House and Senate, a bill prohibiting shrimp trawling in North Carolina's sounds was the ...

Laken Lewis Wheatly, seated with fishermen in the gallery, covers her face as the North Carolina Senate passes the second reading of HB 442, 40-4 on Wednesday at the N.C. General Assembly. Robert ...

Shrimpers rallied at the N.C. legislature to protest a proposed trawling ban. Senators cited environmental damage and by-catch as reasons for the restriction. Bipartisan lawmakers and shrimpers ...