ELLSWORTH — Anyone who wants to enjoy fresh Maine shrimp for dinner had better not dither around waiting for culinary inspiration to strike.
Maine's shrimp trawling season opened last Wednesday, Jan. 23, and within days there were hints from the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) that it wouldn't last long.
Last Friday, after just a single day of fishing, DMR Commissioner Patrick Keliher announced that this week trawling would be allowed between sunrise and 3 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday — the only two days of the week when boats are allowed to fish. He warned, though, that a review of landings on Monday and Wednesday of this week could result in a further reduction in fishing time.
Maine shrimp fishermen are already dealing with severe restrictions.
In addition to the two-day fishing week, the trawling fleet is limited to landing no more than some 539 metric tons (about 1.19 million pounds) of Northern shrimp. The fishery will close when landing data indicates that 85 percent of that quota has been caught.
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Over 500 lots of seafood processing equipment formerly owned by Adak Seafood will be sold at auction on Tuesday, June 18, starting at 10 a.m. Hawaiian-Aleutian Daylight Time at the Hilton Garden Inn in Anchorage Alaska.
The equipment is located in a recently updated 250,000 square foot state-of-the-art processing facility in Adak, Alaska. Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Hilco Industrial, which conducts 75 machinery and equipment auctions in a wide range of industries annually, will conduct the auction.
Adak Seafood opened originally as Ada Fisheries in Anchorage in 1986. The facility, updated in 2005, is located on the island of Adak, the southernmost city in Alaska near the western end of the Aleutian Islands. The facility processed cod primarily, as well as halibut, blackcod, crab and pollock, Hilco says.
Alaska fisherman and commercial fisheries activist Kevin Adams was elected chairman at the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute board of directors meeting on May 9 in Anchorage.
The governor-appointed board consists of seven members: five seafood processors and two industry representatives actively engaged in commercial fishing. Adams was appointed to fill a harvester seat by Gov. Frank Murkowski in 2004.
With 38 years of fishing experience in Bristol Bay, Adams has long been an active member in the Alaska fishing industry, ASMI says. He has worked for both the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation and the Bering Sea Fisherman's Association, and represents Alaska fishermen on numerous boards.
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