General Food News -- 
Portland, ME -- 
The Atlantic States MarineFisheries Commission voted to close the Gulf of Maine to shrimping on December 3 following last winter's harvest, which was the smallest since the last shutdown of the fishery, back in 1978 -- A November 21 report released
by the fisheries commission's Northern Shrimp Technical Committee
concluded that the stock has collapsed and recommended a moratorium on
shrimping in 2014 to maximize the species' spawning potential -- The
reports attributes the collapse in part to warming ocean temperatures -- The
report also cited the absence of the normal springtime surge of plankton,
predation by other species and overfishing a few years ago as contributing
to the collapse (#69685)
Salaison