APPENDIX III APPENDIX III 
Pacific coast 
The Pacific fishery is under management of the individ- 
ual States. All the States control the amount of shrimp 
caught by catch quotas or limited seasons. California, 
Washington, and Alaska also regulate the fishing gear used 
in the fishery. 
The 12-mile contiguous fishery zone effectively cur- 
tailed fishing by foreign fleets for Pacific shrimp. 
OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 
Potential for growth and development in the U.S. shrimp 
fishery is based on the 
--improvement of stocks through effective management, 
--commercial development of underutilized species, and 
--utilization of new gear and techniques to increase 
catches per unit effort. 
Resource Availability 
Opportunities for an expansion of the amount of re- 
source available depend on 
--discovering new shrimp stocks, 
--implementing effective programs to improve the status 
of currently utilized stocks, and/or 
--developing a major commercial effort to harvest 
several underutilized stocks. 
Because the discovery of unknown stocks is not likely, 
increases in resource availability may only be possible 
through an improvement of existing stocks or the commercial 
development of underutilized stocks. 
Stock improvement 
Improvement of the North Atlantic shrimp stock may be 
possible. Biologists believe that reductions in landings 
are necessary to permit the stocks to rebuild. As discussed 
above, the fishery was closed in early 1976. Recommenda- 
tions for the 1977 season are yet to be considered. 
In the South Atlantic area, the shrimp fishery appears 
to be operating at or near the MSY under present fishing 
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