Study commissioned by lawmakers is silent on whether the state should ban shrimp trawling. But it urges changes in how North ...

Bridgeton Park and Slocum Creek in Havelock failed the Swim Guide test. On the Tar-Pamlico, Moccasin dock/Cypress Creek in Lake Royale, Sunset Park and Battle P ...

This summer marks the eighth year of Swim Guide in the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico watersheds. The program runs from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend. Each week, a team of Sound Rivers’ volunteers ...

Lawmakers decided yesterday [Wednesday] -not- to pass a ban on shrimp trawling in North Carolina's inshore waters. Commercial ...

Chef Alex Rodriguez at 1587 Restaurant tosses a handful of shrimp into a skillet with flair and flame, preparing a gumbo that ...

Banning shrimp trawling in inland waters will improve North Carolina’s fishery, but commercial fishermen who lose business should be compensated.

Hundreds of supporters of North Carolina's shrimp industry, many from coastal counties, descended on the state legislature to protest a proposed ban on shrimp trawling in the state's inland waters.

Legislation moving through the North Carolina General Assembly could bring a significant change to how the state manages its ...

By Catherine Kozak for the Outer Banks commercial shrimpers will be waiting until next week to learn the fate of a bill in ...

There have been a number of other reports of shark incidents in recent days – including a nine-year-old girl nearly had her hand bitten off near Boca Grande, Florida.

WASHINGTON, N.C. (WITN) - Sound Rivers, the nonprofit that tests waterways in Eastern Carolina, says nine sites on the lower ...