North Carolina's Shrimp Industry is Shrinking. Faced With a Ban, it Made its Presence Known
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 topic of the day on Tuesday when hundreds of shrimpers flooded the Legislative Building to oppose what they called "Shrimpgate."
House Bill 442 originally sought to expand the commercial and recreational fishing season for flounder and red snapper, which was widely praised. But an amendment was tacked on before a June 17 committee to...
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