MEDFORD — If shrimp connoisseurs haven't already noticed, they soon will feel the impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, with either emptier wallets or emptier stomachs.
"You're going to see the plate costs go up or get less shrimp on the plate," said Barry Fronek, a Medford seafood broker. "You started seeing it about four weeks ago and the price has just continued to go up every week."
The oil flow has put the Gulf Coast shrimp industry out of business for the foreseeable future, forcing brokers and wholesalers to look elsewhere.
The U.S. placed a regulatory moratorium on imported Mexican shrimp in February, making wild shrimp virtually unavailable until at least the fall. That leaves farm-produced shrimp from Brazil, Ecuador, Bangladesh, India and Vietnam as the primary options.
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