Source: Travis Fain, WRAL, 8/6/20

 A group of recreational fishermen and fishing guides sued some of the state's largest shrimping companies and state regulators this week, taking a long-running fight over coastal fishing rules to federal court. The lawsuit accuses shrimp trawlers of violating state and federal rules, killing off large populations of fish and churning up sediment as a byproduct of dragging shrimp nets across the sea floor. The group asks a federal judge to enforce the rules in place.

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