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<\/p>\nPORTLAND, ME \u2013 If fishery population centers keep trending northward due to warming water temperatures, and if quotas continue to be allocated based on historical landings, the summer flounder dilemma could extend to more stocks \u2013 Mid-Atlantic states having large quotas with low stock abundance and New England states having high stock abundance with low or no quotas.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s according to a report by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) titled \u201cPreparing for Emerging Fisheries:\u00a0 An Overview of Mid-Atlantic Stocks on the Move.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Gulf of Maine saw an emerging fishery in the summer of 2013 as longfin squid moved inshore.\u00a0 Fishermen were able to get state harvest permits for the warm-water squid and packers found buyers all in a single summer.<\/p>\n
The quick response of both the fishery and the market triggered this question among GMRI researchers:\u00a0 If seven major species \u2013 summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, longfin and Illex<\/i> squid, Atlantic mackerel, and butterfish \u2013 are moving north, what are the opportunities and limitations for emerging fisheries in the Gulf of Maine?<\/p>\n
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Read the rest and much, much more in the November issue of\u00a0Commercial Fisheries News<\/em>.<\/strong> PORTLAND, ME \u2013 If fishery population centers keep trending northward due to warming water temperatures, and if quotas continue to be allocated based on historical landings, the summer flounder dilemma could extend to more stocks \u2013 Mid-Atlantic states having large quotas with low stock abundance and New England states having high stock abundance with low … <\/p>\n
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