Interstate fishing regulators are revisiting the possibility of reopening Maine’s shrimp fishery, now in its third year of a shutdown since warming oceans have negatively affected the shrimp population.
Maine shrimp were once a popular seafood item in New England, where diners looked forward to the sweet, pinkish shrimp every winter. But regulators shut the fishery down at the end of 2013 when the catch cratered. Warming ocean temperatures are inhospitable for the shrimp, and make it difficult for their populations to recover, scientists have said.
Fishery managers with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission are opening up the possibility of new regulations to manage the fishery. Fishery Management Plan Coordinator Max Appelman said new regulations would address issues such as overfishing.
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