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Post by BriMc on Mar 12, 2014 11:03:36 GMT -5
The Maine shrimp harvest this year has been cancelled. For the past many years we would buy a few pounds, save the egg larvae and freeze in in vacuum pack bags and feed the tank all year long.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2014 11:08:07 GMT -5
I own a plankton net that is made for towing behind boats if anyone that has a boat wants to go catch some plankton soup. I used to put the plankton in my refugium, never seemed to get any harmful hitch hikers. But never say never  |
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Post by gotareef on Mar 12, 2014 11:47:22 GMT -5
the shrimp season being canceled is a joke. the shrimpers screwed themselves!
probably 95% of the shrimpers sold at least 1/2 their shrimp locally on the side of the road and didnt report it, so when the numbers that were reported came in the state freaked out saying the season may be closed for 3 years or more....
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Post by BriMc on Mar 12, 2014 12:20:18 GMT -5
the shrimp season being canceled is a joke. the shrimpers screwed themselves! probably 95% of the shrimpers sold at least 1/2 their shrimp locally on the side of the road and didnt report it, so when the numbers that were reported came in the state freaked out saying the season may be closed for 3 years or more.... I understand why they do it, at .99 a pound retail it is kind of hard to pay a broker and make any money. |
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Post by gotareef on Mar 12, 2014 13:12:18 GMT -5
well the cost of a broker would have given them work this year and for years to come. looks like they payed allot more than they saved....
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Post by BriMc on Mar 12, 2014 13:20:41 GMT -5
yep I gotta agree
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Post by moulton712 on Mar 12, 2014 15:27:37 GMT -5
It's not just us. Canada has the same waters. They catch just as much if not more.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Mar 12, 2014 16:05:18 GMT -5
It's not getting as warm in the Canadian side of the ocean is it?
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Post by Matt in Lewiston on Mar 12, 2014 17:23:41 GMT -5
The ocean currents tend to deflect the warmer water around the Gulf of Maine and Canada, basically anything North of Cape Cod. The Canadians basically fish the same waters. I often use oceandata.gmri.org/data/recent.html to check ocean temps, it's a handy tool for a diver. |
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Post by spotfin on Mar 12, 2014 21:20:14 GMT -5
Another good source is smelt eggs, but there aren't many smelt (sea-run)around this year. For those that ice fish, if you keep your catch look for ovaries when you clean your catch. Not so much with trout and salmon as they spawn in the fall, but bass, perch, pike, etc. Went ice fishing this past sunday and came across some fresh pike carcasses. There must have been 2 lbs of pike ovaries laying on the ice. Pike will be spawning soon, so their eggs are really packed full of nutrients now. As for shrimp, scientific cruises have shown a decline in shrimp populations. Maine waters are on the southern end of the range of Northern Shrimp. True that some fishermen sold part of their catch roadside, but most was likely sold to whole salers, processors, etc. They make more per pound selling beside the road, but volumwise it doesn't pay in the end. Here is some good shrimp info: www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/shrimp/index.htm Todays buzz word: ASMFC |
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Post by gotareef on Mar 13, 2014 8:50:42 GMT -5
my info on the shrimp season came from about 10 fishermen and 2 ppl that buy ppls catches
clam diggers go threw the same deal but they spend the time they arent digging working with conservationists seeding and repopulating areas...
btw- ASMFC is the biggest government joke I have herd lmao
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Post by BriMc on Mar 13, 2014 9:38:54 GMT -5
I was talking to a neighbor of mine who lobsters and Shrimps and he was saying that he was getting .34 cents a pound for shrimp last year through the brokers in Portland.
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Post by gotareef on Mar 13, 2014 17:40:43 GMT -5
.34c to sell it on the books, .99c to sell off the books. this is the reason only 1/3 of the catch got reported
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