News Regulations ASMFC Northern Shrimp Section Closes Fishery Effective 2359 Hours (EST) February 17, 2012 |
ASMFC Northern Shrimp Section Closes Fishery Effective 2359 Hours (EST) February 17, 2012 |
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Arlington, VA – Effective 2359 hours (EST) on February 17, 2012, the Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section and its member states will close the 2012 northern shrimp fishery. Preliminary landings data indicate harvest reached 1,996 mt on February 11, 2012. Given harvest has averaged about 400 mt per week and the fishery is known to have considerable late reporting, landings are projected to have already exceeded the total allowable catch (TAC) of 2,211 mt.
When it set the specifications for the 2012 fishery, the Section had announced its intention to close the fishery when landings were projected to reach 95% of the TAC (2,100 mt). Any landings above the established TAC is expected to lead to a fishing mortality rate in excess of the management program's fishing mortality threshold (F threshold) of 0.41. Any fishing above the F threshold would lead to overfishing of the stock.
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."
