Northern Shrimp (Pandalus borealis)

photo by Anne Simpson

Some of the links below are PDF files, which may require Adobe Reader software (download here free) to view or print. 

General Information

• Seeking Industry Participants: 2025 Northern Shrimp Winter Sampling Research Pilot Program (PDF file)
• 2025 Northern Shrimp Winter Sampling Pilot Program Application (PDF file)
• Maine northern shrimp fishery management and news
• Maine shrimp landings data
• Biology and fishery management of northern shrimp in the Gulf of Maine (c/o Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)

Biology and Assessment

• Biology and stock assessment of northern shrimp in the Gulf of Maine (c/o Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC); go to the bottom of the page for assessment docs and technical committee meetings)
• 2018 Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report (PDF c/o ASMFC, 356 pages, 8.8 MB)
• Slideshows and audio from the ASMFC workshop, "Understanding the Science behind Northern Shrimp Management" held at GMRI in Portland October 2012 (see slideshow links at the top of the page

Reports from Winter Sampling Projects

• Results of 2020 Maine acoustic survey and trapping project
  • Report from the Gulf of Maine Research Inst., focused on the acoustic survey, PDF file, 15 pages, 2.7 MB)
  • Report from the DMR, focused on the trapping portion of the project, PDF file, 24 pages, 1.8 MB)
• Results of 2018 ASMFC winter sampling (PDF file, 21 pages, 1.5 MB)
• Results of 2017 ASMFC winter sampling (PDF file, 32 pages, 2.2 MB)
• Summary of 2017 ASMFC evaluation of size-sorting compound grates (PDF file, 2 pages, 320 kb)
• Results of 2016 ASMFC winter sampling (PDF file, 32 pages, 1.4 MB)
• Results of 2015 ASMFC winter sampling (PDF file, 30 pages, 1.2 MB)
• Results of 2014 Maine winter sampling off Pemaquid Point (PDF file, 14 pages, 1 MB)
• Results of 2013 Maine commercial fishery port sampling (PDF file, 12 pages, 196 kb)

Maine northern shrimp fishery page