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Northern shrimp taken during exploratory fishing in the Gulf of Maine. Goodcatches have been made north of Cape Cod and a commercial fishery has beendeveloped. About 13 million pounds were caught during the winter of 1967-1968. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 371 of Our Changing Fisheries 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume)