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The Section continued to require the use of a finfish excluder device known as the “Nordmore Grate” throughout the shrimp fishing season. The Section also maintained the requirement that made it unlawful to use mechanical “shaking” devices to cull, grade, or separate catches of shrimp.
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The Shrimp Advisory Panel met at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland, Maine, on October 27, 2005. The Panel met to discuss the 2005 assessment and make recommendations for the 2005-2006 fishing season.
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Prepared November 8, 2005, by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Technical Committee
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The goal of Amendment 1 is to manage the northern shrimp fishery in a manner that is biologically, economically, and socially sound, while protecting the resource, its users, and opportunities for participation by all stakeholders.
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The Northern Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP) met on October 25, 2004, in Portland, Maine. It met to review the shrimp stock assessment and to develop a recommendation for the Northern Shrimp Section for the 2005 shrimp season.
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The Shrimp Advisory Panel met at the Casco Bay Ferry Terminal in Portland, Maine, on September 28, 2004. The Panel met to discuss the 2004 fishing season, 2003 assessment, and recommendations made at the Sea Grant workshops held last spring.
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The following report presents the results of the Technical Committee’s 2004 stock assessment.
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The following report presents the results of the Technical Committee’s 2003 stock assessment.
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Prepared October 30, 2002, by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Technical Committee
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Move to recommend to the Section that specific options for an overfishing definition should be included in the Public Information Document; Move to recommend to the Section that socio-economic issues be included in the Public Information Document.
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The following report presents the results of the Technical Committee’s 2000 stock assessment.
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