gulfofmainah t1_isgg76o wrote
Reply to comment by hike_me in Alaska's cancellation of the snow crab season offers a grave, potential prediction for Maine's lobster industry. by combatbydesign
Comparing the Cod Fishery or Shrimp Fishery to the Lobster Fishery is comparing two completely different things. If it be net fishing for Cod or hooking the vast majority caught was kept while the vast majority of lobster caught in traps are realized because of min and max size restrictions and 100% of breeding females are released. Saying the Shrimp fishery has collapsed isn’t a truthful statement Canada still has a thriving fishery Maine could as well but it’s a three state council that decides the shrimp season and quota and for a decade now Mass and NH have voted no on opening the season and Maine has voted yes and has backed it up with data collected by the Maine DMR showing the healthy stock within Maine waters. The shrimp have moved into more Northern waters of the gulf but have no disappeared. You can go to any seafood store and buy gulf of Maine day boat frozen shrimp from Canada. Beyond that if it had collapsed it’s because net dragging for shrimp catches and harvest every shrimp be it small big male female while trap based shrimp fishery only harvest non egg bearing shrimp because they stay further up in the water column while carrying eggs and only go to the sea bed to release them. Maine has very strictly regulated fishery with sustainability and visibility as the base of all state regulations. On a average day lobsterman throw back into the ocean alive 10x as many as they keep.
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