The continued strong performance of shrimp, crab and surf clams fisheries in 1998 increased confidence in the industry, given the continued slow recovery of major groundfish stocks. The full harvest of the 20,000 mt increase in the northern shrimp inshore quota was very positive news and it appears that the resource remains healthy. Indeed, research survey tows are dominated by shrimp, which have appeared in the absence of groundfish.

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