RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Coastal fishermen are turning out in full force in Raleigh on Tuesday to oppose a bill that would ban some kinds of shrimp fishing.
Large commercial trucks with signs reading ‘NC Seafood for All No Trawl Ban’ honked their horns and drove circles around the legislative building as fishermen in the building called for lawmakers to vote no on House Bill 442.
The bill bans commercial shrimp trawling within a half mile of the coast. The practice involves dragging a net on the ocean floor to catch shrimp…