Coastal communities fear the many ripple effects of a shrimp trawling ban
When traveling east on U.S. 64 – the main highway that connects central N.C. to the Outer Banks – drivers will encounter a billboard encouraging visitors to ask for local seafood. There’s a real possibility, however, that in the not-so-distant future, one of the Outer Banks’ most heralded homegrown products will no longer be available to residents and summertime visitors. “The best shrimp on the East Coast are Pamlico Browns,” said Woody Joyner, President of North Carolina Watermen United (NCWU). “If you can’t shrimp on the sound, and you have to go out on the ocean, you aren’t going to get Pamlico Browns.” Parc Greene, owner of Risky Business Seafood in Hatteras, estimates that 60% of his business is North Carolina shrimp alone. Tilman Gray, who has owned and operated Avon Seafood for 35 years, says that a shrimp trawling ban would cost his business around $200,000 in gross income every year. Photos, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 14:53
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