The Northern Shrimp Advisory Panel will meet on Thursday, October 21, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Eastland Park Hotel, 157 High Street, Portland, ME.  Technical Committee Chair Maggie Hunter is expected to present the results of this year’s assessment, and the panel will discuss the assessment and make recommendations to the Section. 

Based on these recommendations the Northern Shrimp Section will hold a public hearing and its season-setting meeting on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM.  It will be held at the New Hampshire Urban Forestry Center, 45 Elwyn Road, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

For more information please contact Robert Beal at the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (202-289-6400; rbeal@asmfc.org).