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Florida opens rare ivory tree coral reef to shrimp trawling

The Oculina Bank runs from Flagler Beach to Fort Pierce, is thousands of years old, and is found nowhere else in the world.
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 ...
The Herald-Sun

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 ...

Why the fight over shrimp in NC could just be getting started

A surprise proposal in 2025 to ban shrimp trawling in the state's inland waters prompted a fierce pushback from fishermen and ...
Capital Public Radio

This Underwater Sculpture Garden Protects Italian Fishing Grounds

Mermaids, giants and huge eyes look up from the waters near Talamone, Italy. It's one fisherman's way of protecting fishing grounds from the damage of trawling nets. Artists' sculptures are sunk to ...
WFAE

NC inshore shrimp trawling ban is dead, Republicans say. At least for now

Activists fighting a ban on inshore shrimp trawling brought local shrimp to the North Carolina legislature in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. The North Carolina House will not take up the ...

The fishing practice of scrapping ocean bottom continues despite protection promises

Scotland has designated 37% of its waters as marine protected areas, but destructive fishing methods like bottom trawling continue in most of these zones ...