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ASMFC Northern Shrimp Section and Advisory Panel to Meet December 11 Section to Set Fishery Specifications

November 14, 2025 — The following was released by Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission:

The Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section (Section) and Advisory Panel (AP) will meet on Thursday, December 11, at the Westin Portland Harborview, 157 High Street, Portland, Maine; 207.775.5411. The AP will meet from 9 – 10 AM to review the 2025 traffic light analysis, 2025 management trigger analysis implemented through Amendment 4, and Technical Committee (TC) recommendations. Following this review, the AP will formulate recommendations for specifications.

The Section will meet from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM on the same day to review the 2025 traffic light analysis, 2025 management trigger analysis, 2025 pilot winter sampling program report, and TC and AP recommendations prior to setting specifications for the 2026 fishing year or multiple fishing years. Amendment 4, approved earlier this year, allows the Section to set a fishery moratorium for up to five years at a time, if desired.

Meeting materials will be available December 1, 2025, at https://asmfc.org/events/northern-shrimp-section-7/. There are two opportunities to provide public comment prior to the meeting (1) emailcomments@asmfc.org by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, November 25 to be included in the meeting materials or (2) email comments@asmfc.org by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9 to be emailed directly to the Section.

For more information, please contact Chelsea Tuohy, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, atctuohy@asmfc.org or 703.842.0740.

ASMFC Northern Shrimp Section and Advisory Panel to Meet November 10th to Set 2017 Fishery Specifications

October 17th, 2016 — The following was released by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Comission:  

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section (Section) and Advisory Panel will meet on November 10, 2016 in Urban Forestry Center, 45 Elwyn Road, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; 603.431.6774. The Advisory Panel will meet in the morning (10-11:30 a.m.) to review the 2016 Stock Status Report and Technical Committee recommendations, and formulate recommendations to the Section for the 2017 fishing season. The Section will meet in the afternoon (1-3 p.m.) to set 2017 specifications after reviewing the 2016 Stock Status Report, as well as the recommendations from the Technical Committee and Advisory Panel.  

For the past three fishing seasons (2014-2016), based on the status of the resource, which is considered at record low levels and experiencing poor recruitment since 2012, a moratorium has been in place for the Gulf of Maine northern shrimp fishery. 

Both meetings are open to the public. The draft agendas for the meetings can be found at http://www.asmfc.org/files/Meetings/NoShrimp_Section_AP_Nov2016.pdf. For more information, please contact Max Appelman, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at mappelman@asmfc.org or 703.842.0740.