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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire shrimp trawler will be selected to help study New England’s dwindling Northern shrimp fishery.
The interstate Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department say they intend to hire one shrimp trawling vessel to collect samples of the species. The fishermen will also be allowed to bring 1,200 pounds of shrimp per week to shore and sell them.
The project will begin on Jan. 15, 2017 and last for eight weeks.
The Maine Department of Marine Resources has also announced plans to hire eight shrimp trawlers and five shrimp trappers to collect samples.
Scientists say warming oceans have hurt the shrimp’s ability to thrive off of the New England coast, and regulators shut the fishery down in 2013.
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