Shrimp Boats to Share Spots: Virtual Meeting Invite
Published Date: 3/7/2025
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Summary
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is hosting a virtual meeting on March 31, 2025, to talk about changing how shrimp boats share their location data. This affects shrimp fishermen who will switch to a new system for tracking their vessels. The meeting is free and open to the public, and your feedback can help shape the future of shrimp fishing in the Gulf.
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Shrimp boats switch vessel-tracking platform
The Council is considering shifting the federally permitted Gulf shrimp fleet to a new platform for vessel position data collection and transmission. A virtual public hearing about this will be held Monday, March 31, 2025, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. EDT, and shrimp fishermen are the group explicitly identified as being affected because they would switch to the new tracking system.
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