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NC Shrimp trawl ban fails in NC House

North Carolina House Bills 441 and 442 recently garnered significant attention due to proposed amendments that would ban inshore shrimp trawling and establish a compensation program for affected shrimpers. While HB 441 and HB 442 had different initial purposes, they became intertwined in a contentious debate over the future of the state's commercial shrimp industry and coastal environmental protection.