DARIEN — Brian Richburg sensed an opportunity in 2020 when he purchased Miss Kristin, a commercial shrimping trawler. Gasoline was cheap. Shrimp prices were climbing. And along Darien’s famed docks, ...

Shrimp is one of the most popular types of seafood consumed in the United States. Shrimp trawling uses nets towed slowly near the bottom of the water. Turtle excluder and bycatch reduction devices ...

Advocates and businesses of the shrimping and seafood industry gathered at the North Carolina Legislative Building to protest a proposed ban on inland trawling. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline) ...

“White boot warriors” — commercial fishermen known for their distinctive and practical rubber boots — are returning to the sea in strong numbers this spring in search of white shrimp thanks to higher ...

The general trawl zone is being closed to commercial shrimp fishing — the state’s most valuable fishery — to protect overwintering stock that cold water is threatening to kill outright or drive to ...