North Carolina Senate Votes to Ban Shrimp Trawling in Sounds, Angering Some Coastal Republicans
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, passionately opposed the ban.
"We need to save our heritage. We need to save our fisheries," he said during a floor debate on Wednesday.
Hanig unsuccessfully proposed multiple amendments, including one to remove the ban from a bill where it was introduced by amendment just one day before. He was absent from the second of two...
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