Council votes 12-1 to allow shrimp trawling on Oculina Bank

Members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted Friday to approve two amendments allowing shrimp trawling on ...
WFLX

Federally appointed council votes to reopen rare, protected reef to shrimp trawling

Members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted Friday to approve two amendments allowing shrimp trawling on ...

Council members with financial ties to vote on coral reef shrimp trawling

A vote this week could reinstate shrimp trawling for the first time in decades in a protected area off the coast of Fort ...
Salon

Trawling for trouble: How fishing along the seafloor significantly worsens climate change

When fishing companies go trawling, an industrial fishing method the involves dragging a fishing net across the seafloor, they wreak havoc on the lives of countless ocean creatures. These ...
The Herald SC

The rise and fall of ‘Shrimpgate.’ NC’s trawling controversy explained.

A bill to ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina’s sounds died Wednesday at the hands of the state House of Representatives. Shrimpers from coastal towns rallied to oppose the bill, arriving at the ...
Forbes

Here’s How Much Carbon Emissions Are Caused By A Popular—And Controversial—Fishing Method, According To Study

Annual carbon emissions from bottom trawling—a popular fishing method used to capture seafood at the bottom of the ocean—is equivalent to around 40% of annual transportation emissions in the U.S., a ...
WPTV

Council members with financial ties to vote on reopening protected coral reef to shrimp trawling

A vote this week could reinstate shrimp trawling for the first time in decades in a protected area off the coast of Fort ...