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ASMFC Northern Shrimp Section Extends Moratorium on Commercial and Recreational Fishing Through 2024
Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section (Section) has extended the moratorium on commercial and recreational fishing for northern shrimp through 2024. This action responds to the results of the 2021 Stock Assessment Update, which indicates the Gulf of Maine northern shrimp population remains depleted. The 2021 summer survey indices…
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section (Section) has extended the moratorium on commercial and recreational fishing for northern shrimp through 2024. This action responds to the results of the 2021 Stock Assessment Update, which indicates the Gulf of Maine northern shrimp population remains depleted.
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This stock assessment update presents new data compiled since 2018, and results from the accepted statistical catch‐atlength model and traffic light analyses.
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Based on the results of the most recent stock assessment update, the northern shrimp stock in the Gulf of Maine was depleted in 2018, with spawning stock biomass (SSB) at extremely low levels since 2013 (Hunter et al. 2018). The traffic light analysis of 2019 data indicated no improvement in status in 2019, with indices…
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1) Update on the Summer Survey Work Group; 2) Review data from the Maine & New Hampshire inshore trawl survey, NEFSC 2018 fall survey, and the NEFSC summer survey tow calibrations; 3) Determine criteria for running a full stock assessment model versus performing a traffic light analysis; and 4) Setting tasks and timelines for completing…
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The Section initiated Addendum I to consider providing states the authority to allocate their state-specific quota between gear types. Amendment 3 specifies that, in jurisdictions with historical trawl and trap fisheries, a state’s quota must be divided such that 87% is allocated to the trawl fishery and 13% is allocated to the trap fishery. This…
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Northern Shrimp Section Approves Addendum I to the FMP
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