NAFO shuts all cold water shrimp fishing in 3L (Grand Banks) for 2015, as stocks continue to decline
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Undercurrent News] by Eva Tallaksen Sept. 29, 2014
Further steep reductions in catches of coldwater shrimp (P. borealis), also known as northern shrimp, will come in 2015 in both the Grand Banks and Greenland.
After years of declining catches in the Grand Banks, the North Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) has now decided that all fishing in the Grand Banks be stopped next year.
This year’s total allowable catch (TAC) for the area, of 4,300 metric tons, had already been a cut of 50% from last year...
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