22559 Northern Shrimp Surveys Project Published / External 22549 Ecosystems Surveys Branch Project In Work The Northern Shrimp Survey was initiated in 1983 by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and monitors the relative abundance (number of shrimp), biomass (weight of shrimp), and composition of the northern shrimp stock throughout the Gulf of Maine. The data give an understanding of year class strength and sex stage and maturity of shrimp in the population. The survey focuses its efforts in offshore waters (in depths greater than 50 fathoms) and is timed to sample both males and females during the summer when they are expected to be offshore. The data it collects forms the basis of the annual northern shrimp assessment, which in turn, is used by fishery managers from Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts to set each year’s fishing regulations. The northern shrimp survey is designed to provide data required for annual stock assessments and data is also used in skate and white hake assessments. The survey was designed to replace the State of Maine Shrimp Survey, which had been conducted since the mid-60s, (1967-1983). The shrimp survey data have been used in skate and white hake stock assessments. The survey is conducted by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) in cooperation with the Northern Shrimp Technical Committee of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC). Theme NMFS Data Category population surveys Theme Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Theme FRV Gloria Michelle Theme Pandalus borealis Theme four seam modified commercial shrimp trawl Theme northern shrimp Temporal summer Spatial northwest Atlantic Spatial western Gulf of Maine Northeast Fisheries Science Center Woods Hole MA USA Project Yes Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Federal Currently FSCS and formerly paper logs Data Steward 2014 2024 Person Kostovick, Paul paul.kostovick@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 USA (508)495-2343 (508)495-2230 8am-4:30pm Metadata Contact 2025 Person Kircun, Jakub jakub.kircun@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 Metadata Contact 2018-09 2024 Person Kostovick, Paul paul.kostovick@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 USA (508)495-2343 (508)495-2230 8am-4:30pm Email Point of Contact 2025 Person Chase, Peter D peter.chase@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 (508) 495-2348 Point of Contact 2018-09 2024 Person Kostovick, Paul paul.kostovick@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 USA (508)495-2343 (508)495-2230 8am-4:30pm Email Ground Condition -70.6485 -68.016667 43.89625 41.337467 western Gulf of Maine Continuing 1983 Annual survey of northern shrimp typically commencing at the end of July or beginning of August. Unclassified Available to qualified researchers. 1. Formal request in writing usually to the data owner/contact or Center Director. 2. Requester is contacted by data owner to review and verify the request content and details for data delivery options. 3. If data is confidential then owner will determine is the data may be released to the requester. 4. If data can be released, the data is downloaded and packaged for delivery electronically; or the requester may be directed to where the data is available online. If data is stored on an internal NEFSC network, the requester may not have direct access to query the data unless they are also authorized for network access. User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC, as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these, data is suggested. http://www.asmfc.org/species/northern-shrimp Online Resource HTML Link to a description of northern shrimp survey. https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/femad/ecosurvey/mainpage/cruise_results.html Online Resource HTML Link to Survey Cruise Results (PDF format). https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/gloria_michelle/ Online Resource HTML Link to the webpage of the FRV Gloria Michelle, the platform for the northern shrimp survey. https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/crd/pdfs/crd9910.pdf Online Resource PDF Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 99-10. Research Vessel Survey Data Collection and Management for Northern Shrimp by S. Clark, B. O'Gorman, L. Despres, V. Silva, and B. Lewis. RDBMS: Oracle ASFMC Atlantic States Fishery Management Commission FSCS Fisheries Scientific Computer System FSCS Fisheries Scientific Computer System SCS Scientific Computer System 25087 Data Set gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22559 Nancy McHugh 2014-11-13T17:24:56 Jakub Kircun 2025-09-24T17:50:38 2019-05-31 Northeast Fisheries Science Center NEFSC 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA (508)495-2000 https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday 1001 Public No 2019-05-31 1 Year 2020-05-31