North Carolina Senate OKs Payments to Shrimpers Impacted by Controversial Trawling Ban
North Carolina senators on Monday approved a plan to pay the commercial fishermen impacted by a proposed inland shrimp trawling ban. The approval comes ahead of a planned Tuesday protest by shrimpers at the state legislature.
WRAL reports that the bill would provide “annual transition payments to eligible holders of commercial fishing licenses with verifiable lands of shrimp” from 2023 to the present day. It passed 45-2 on Monday. The payments would last until Oct. 1, 2028, with payments dependent on the value of the eligible...
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