GULLS FOLLOW A SHRIMP FISHING BOAT as crewmen haul in their catch in the Gulf of Maine earlier this month.

BRIAN HORTON tightens the brake on a winch after setting a shrimp net.

JAMES RICH maneuvers a net full of northern shrimp caught in the Gulf of Maine.

SHRIMP ARE SHOVELED into a holding chamber aboard a trawler.

A SHRIMP TRAWLER NAVIGATES through an early morning snow squall in the Gulf of Maine.

BRIAN HORTON, left, and James Rich guide a net as it is wound onto a spool.

A SHRIMP FISHING TRAWLER works in the Gulf of Maine.

SHRIMP FISHERMAN Marshall Alexander repairs a damaged net.