Maine Shrimp Fishery Faces Potential Permanent Closure

August 26, 2022 Adam Bartow, WMTW

Regulators are considering a permanent closure of the northern shrimp fishery off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire.

Maine Shrimp Industry Should Not Restart, Experts Say

December 6, 2021 The Associated Press

A group of experts is recommending to keep New England’s shrimp fishing industry closed down because of concerns about the health of the population.

Maine Shrimpers Hope they Haven’t Seen the Last of an Industry Lost to Warm Seas

Maine’s historic shrimp industry has been closed since 2013 because of a loss in population of shrimp off of New England that is tied in large part to warming oceans.