March 30, 2017 — ELLSWORTH, Maine — Interstate fishing regulators are sending a plan to try to fix New England’s shuttered shrimp fishery to the public for a series of June hearings.
The northern shrimp fishery has been shut down for more than three years because of a collapse in population. The regulatory Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has been considering new ways to save the fishery for the shrimp, which were a popular winter seafood item in New England.
The commission’s working on a plan that includes options such as changing the way the quota system is managed.
Read the full story from the Associated Press at Central Maine