DEPT. OF MARINE RESOURCES

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  • Shrimp (Northern)
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• Wetlands, Permit Review

 

Northern Shrimp (Pandalus borealis)

 

  (photo by Anne Simpson)

Some of the links below are PDF files, which may require Adobe Reader software (download here free) to view or print.  Please contact Maggie Hunter if you need a different format.

• Biology, stock assessment, and fishery management of Northern Shrimp in the Gulf of Maine (c/o Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC))

• Gulf of Maine stock status page, c/o Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NMFS

• Summary of catch and effort data collected by Maine DMR port samplers during the 2008-09 season, PDF file, 13 pages, 104 kb

• Maine commercial shrimp fishing license applications (go to Marine Harvesting Application)

• Maine commercial shrimp tow information

• Maine shrimp landings data

• Maine shrimp laws (§6804 and §6805) and regulations (go to Ch. 45)
  Note that these may not be up-to-date

• Maine shrimp research priorities, as set in 2000

• In the news

  • 2009-2010 fishing season set for December 1, 2009 - May 29, 2010
  • Market Report, National Fisherman, November 2009
  • Port Clyde's Community Supported Fishery, Washington Post, January 2009
  • Food article, New York Sun, January 2008
  • Food article, Boston Globe, February 2007

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