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Northern shrimp taken during exploratory fishing in the Gulf of Maine

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Description

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.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 371 of Our Changing Fisheries 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume

Display Date

1969 circa

Location

Maine, Gulf of Maine

Collection

Historic Fisheries