Source:  WRAL, 2/16/17

The state Marine Fisheries Commission voted Thursday to begin drafting rules that would limit trawling for shrimp in North Carolina's inland coastal waters, a move that many on the coast say could destroy the shrimping industry.  The decision came after months of wrangling between commercial and recreational fishermen, with the latter group arguing that trawlers are scooping up millions of young fish before they're old enough to spawn, effectively killing off fish stocks in the region.

 

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