As tempers flare over a proposed ban on shrimp trawling in the state’s inland and nearby offshore waters -- a Senate move ...

Least terns are excellent fish-catchers, and when feeding their young can deliver about two fish per hour. Males also catch ...

Work has begun at the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus to upfit an existing service road as part of a federally ...

An exhibit opening this weekend in Jacksonville features paintings by artist Rik Freeman of Washington, D.C., that depict ...

N.C. Catch, N.C. Watermen United, Carteret County Fisherman's Association, Ocracoke Seafood Co. and Carteret Catch are ...

Maybe it's lingo, or terminology, but whatever you call it, referring to crops' scientific names can yield helpful clues, and ...

Despite public outcry against the move, the Senate has voted in favor of the shrimp trawling ban in inshore waters and within ...

Currituck-Knotts Island ferry route will temporarily be suspended Monday through Friday and again June 30 to July 2 while the ...

For the first time in eight months, North Carolina is drought-free. In its latest advisory issued Thursday, the North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council, or DMAC, announced that the state is ...

A state Division of Marine Fisheries committee will hear challenges to two proposed shellfish leases the division's director approved in April.

This year's annual shrimp fry and bake sale hosted by the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center on Harkers Island is set for July 5 and will honor military service members, veterans, and ...

A commercial fishing trawler glides over coastal North Carolina waters. Photo: Dylan Ray A senator representing five Piedmont counties has introduced an amendment to a House bill that, if it becomes ...