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Arlington, VA –The Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section has extended the number of allowed landing days for the 2013 northern shrimp trawl fishery. Effective March 13, 2013, the trap and trawl fisheries will be able to land shrimp seven days a week (Monday through Sunday). Additionally, the trap and trawl fisheries will close effective 2359 hours…
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Landing Days Set for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Effective February 11
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Portland, ME – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section approved a total allowable catch (TAC) of 625 mt, representing a 72% reduction from last year’s quota. The TAC is further subdivided into a research set aside of 5.44 mt, a trawl fishery TAC of 539.02 mt, and a trap fishery TAC of…
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Addendum I to Amendment 2, approved in November 2012, provides flexibility to set a hard total allowable catch (TAC), allocate the TAC by gear type (including a transferability provision), and close the fishery when a percentage of the TAC is reached to prevent overages from late and incomplete reporting. Additionally, the document establishes a set…
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Input on Draft Addendum I
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Addendum Refines Annual Specification Process
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The Northern Shrimp Technical Committee (NSTC) met via conference call on September 11, 2012 to make modeling decisions for the new stock assessment model being developed, plan for upcoming NSTC related meetings, and elect a new NSTC chair.
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ME, NH, and MA Schedule Hearings for Early October
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The Advisory Panel (AP) met on May 17, 2012 in Yarmouth, ME. The two main agenda items were (1) review the advisory panel membership; and (2) discuss next steps for northern shrimp management.
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Portland, ME – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section has revised the total allowable catch (TAC) for the 2012 northern shrimp fishery to 2,211 mt, an increase of 211 mt from the originally established TAC. The Section modified the TAC to address harvester and processor concerns regarding their ability to maintain markets…
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The Section took emergency action to close the northern shrimp fishery on February 17, 2012. Because harvest had averaged about 400 mt per week and the fishery was known to have considerable late reporting, landings were projected to have already exceeded the total allowable catch (TAC) of 2,211 mt at the time of closure.
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section revised the three landing days for the upcoming trawl season to Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The action, taken during a November 30th conference call of the Section, was based on industry input that product would be easier to sell in local markets if…
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Portsmouth, NH – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section approved a total allowable catch (TAC) of 2,000 mt, with the season closing when landings are projected to reach 95% of the TAC (1,900 mt). The trawl season will start January 2, 2012 with three landing days a week (Monday, Thursday, Friday). Vessels…
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Therefore, draft Amendment 2 is designed to provide flexible management options including a clarification of fishing mortality reference points, a timely and comprehensive reporting system, trip limits, trap limits, and days out of the fishery.
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