A Proposed Inland Trawling Ban Left NC Shrimpers Boiling Hot. Now What Happens?
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 N.C. General Assembly in Raleigh.
But this has nothing to do with a polite squabble over the best way to cook shrimp. This, shrimpers and their supporters say, is about protecting their livelihoods.
About 70% of the state's shrimp catch is caught in waters that would have been declared off...
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