Maine’s shrimp fishery will stay closed, but regulators warm to idea of limited harvest

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 17, 2021

Maine’s northern shrimp fishery has been closed for seven years and regulators decided Friday to continue the harvest moratorium for another three years with no signs of rebound. But in a change, officials with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission entertained the idea of opening a small personal-use fishery at the suggestion of the Maine Department of Marine Resources and planned to look into it in the future.