Fishery regulators have scheduled a hearing in Gloucester to gather public comment on proposed new shrimp fishing rules for the Gulf of Maine.
The plan proposed by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission includes options for the coming season such as quotas and restrictions on where and when shrimp can be caught. It also proposes a rule that in time, possibly as soon as 2013, could bar or restrict fishermen who don't have a history of fishing for shrimp.
The first hearings will be Sept. 13 in Gloucester and Portland, Maine. Others will take place in Rockland and Ellsworth, Maine, and in Portsmouth, N.H.
The Gloucester meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m at the statde Division of Marine Fisheries building at 30 Emerson Ave. More information is available by calling Nichola Meserve at 617-626-1531
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