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In the absence of a commercial fishery, five trawlers and four trappers participated in a six-week pilot winter sampling program to collect northern shrimp samples in the Gulf of Maine during February – March 2025 under a research set-aside quota of 26.5 mt (or approximately 58,400 pounds). In total, the nine participants caught 70 individual…
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section (Section) maintained the current moratorium on northern shrimp fishing for another three years through the 2028 fishing year, with no sampling program in 2026. This action responds to the northern shrimp stock remaining at low biomass levels over the past decade despite the fishing moratorium, first…
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Draft agendas; Technical Committee Memo: Northern Shrimp Technical Committee Memo: 2025 Data Update and Management Trigger Evaluation; 2025 Pilot Winter Sampling Program Report
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Section to Set Fishery Specifications
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In response to the continued poor condition of the northern shrimp stock, Amendment 4 modifies the first objective of the FMP to recognize the influence of environmental conditions on stock productivity and lengthens the amount of time the Northern Shrimp Section can set a moratorium from one year to up to five years. The Section…
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Prepared for the Commissioner Manual
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approved Amendment 4 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Northern Shrimp. In response to the continued poor condition of the northern shrimp stock, Amendment 4 modifies the first objective of the FMP to recognize the influence of environmental conditions on stock productivity and lengthens the amount of…
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section (Section) and Advisory Panel (AP) will meet on Thursday, May 1, at the Hyatt Place Portland-Old Port, 433 Fore Street, Portland, Maine. The AP will meet from 9 – 11 AM to review public comment and provide input on Draft Amendment 4. The Section will meet from…
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