Shrimp is one of the most popular types of seafood consumed in the United States. Shrimp trawling uses nets towed slowly near the bottom of the water. Turtle excluder and bycatch reduction devices ...

A fishing cutter, photographed through the net of another boat, trawls for shrimp at Germany's North Sea coastline near the Jade river on Monday, Aug. 22, 2005. A ban on inshore shrimp trawling is ...

This fall, Sonny Gwin and a few other Maryland watermen will trawl the coast of Ocean City for a new bounty: shrimp. Thanks, climate change. Pass the cocktail sauce. For the first time, a small group ...

RALEIGH — A bill that would ban shrimp trawling along North Carolina’s coast passed the Senate Thursday with bipartisan support. Meanwhile lawmakers have also introduced a provision to help ease the ...

A marine animal caught unintentionally by commercial fishing gear is known as bycatch. Dolphins trapped in nets targeting tuna, sea turtles swept up in shrimp trawls and terrapins caught in crab traps ...

Nets equipped with water bottles and other tricks can help save some species, while allowing fisherman to still catch others ...

This story has been updated to fix an error. On a gray early December morning, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) set off on its last shrimp trawl of ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Shrimp is one of the most popular types of seafood consumed in the United States. Shrimp trawling uses nets towed slowly near the ...