Regulators Collect Last of Comments on Maine Shrimp Fishery
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Washington Times] April 15, 2015
A multi-state regulatory commission is almost finished taking comments about how to manage the Gulf of Maine’s shuttered shrimp fishery.
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is collecting public comment until Wednesday about the possibility of establishing rules for the shrimp fishery when and if the stock recovers. The shrimp have been largely unavailable to consumers since regulators shut the fishery down in 2013. Regulators will soon have to decide if there will be a fishing season for the shrimp in the winter of 2015-16.
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