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flag New England shrimp fishery extends moratorium through 2028 due to warming waters and depleted stocks.

flag The New England shrimp fishery will stay closed for at least three more years, as regulators extend a 2014 moratorium due to persistently low shrimp populations in the Gulf of Maine. flag Warming ocean temperatures have made the region inhospitable, and recent sampling found only 70 shrimp weighing less than three pounds. flag Once a major winter fishery producing over 10 million pounds annually, catches dropped below 600,000 pounds after 2013. flag Most former shrimpers have shifted to other species, and officials say the closure is necessary to protect the struggling stock and ecosystem.

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