由于海水变暖和鱼类枯竭,新英格兰捕虾业将暂停捕捞期延长至2028年。 New England shrimp fishery extends moratorium through 2028 due to warming waters and depleted stocks.

新英格兰捕虾业将至少再关闭三年,因为监管者延长了2014年暂停捕捞期,原因是缅因湾虾数量持续偏低。 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. 温暖的海洋温度使该地区荒凉不堪,最近抽样发现只有70只虾,体重不到三磅。 Warming ocean temperatures have made the region inhospitable, and recent sampling found only 70 shrimp weighing less than three pounds. 曾一度是一次大型冬季渔业,每年产量超过1 000万英镑,但2013年之后渔获量下降到60万英镑以下。 Once a major winter fishery producing over 10 million pounds annually, catches dropped below 600,000 pounds after 2013. 多数前捕虾者已转向其他物种, 官方表示封锁是必要的, 以保护挣扎中的种群和生态系统。 Most former shrimpers have shifted to other species, and officials say the closure is necessary to protect the struggling stock and ecosystem.