As if it already wasn't hot enough in the Tar Heel State in late June, a small crustacean that's long been a popular food staple at the N.C. coast has succeeded in sending temperatures surging at the ...

CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - County commissioners along the coast are working to form a coalition, an idea that came about during the shrimp trawl ban protest in June. Hundreds gathered in full ...

WANCHESE, N.C. — A first-of-its-kind North Carolina coastal coalition is in the process of being formed. This comes after a bill that would have banned shrimp trawling in all inshore waters and within ...

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WITN) - A group of coastal county leaders is meeting today to talk about a recently formed coalition that will support the fishing community. An organizational meeting for the ...

WANCHESE — The tourists come from Pennsylvania and Maryland, from South Dakota and Texas, from just about everywhere, to North Carolina’s Outer Banks for a week of sun, water and relaxation. And when ...

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 the ...

State lawmakers proposed a trawling ban threatening NC shrimpers’ livelihoods. Conservation groups said trawling damages ecosystems and have tried to limit it. Cheap imports and mislabeling in ...

Supporters of the ban say trawling damages fish habitats and depletes fish populations, while shrimpers argue it would devastate their livelihoods. A study on the impacts of trawling and a lawsuit ...