Federal and state entities were expected to reopen the Gulf of Mexico to commercial fisheries this Saturday, following a shutdown of shrimping in May. The waters close every year to allow the shrimp ...

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) ...

The commercial shrimp season for state and federal waters will reopen 30 minutes after sunset on July 15, according to a Texas Parks and Wildlife news release. The waters close every year to allow the ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Some people might still be coming to terms with crawfish season coming to an end, but seafood lovers need not fret, because the commercial shrimp season reopens this Saturday.

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, ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WKRG) — More waters that were previously closed for recreational and commercial shrimping are now open in the Biloxi area, according to the city. A city of Biloxi news release said, ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1995, the year the Texas Legislature passed a landmark bill limiting entry into the state's commercial shrimp fishery, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department issued 3,231 shrimping licenses. By ...

Starting Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 6 a.m., all inside waters in Alabama will be closed to commercial and recreational shrimp harvesting. This temporary ban, which runs through June 1, aims to give the ...