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Canadian shrimp processors face survival test on falling quotas

maine shrimpThe shrinking quotas for coldwater shrimp in Canadian waters, and the connected rising prices, mean raw materials cannot sustain the current number of plants, industry sources have warned. The inshore fishery quota has declined from some 175-180 million pounds in 2009/10 to 85m in 2014, and sources within the processing sector are agreed that this is . Read more here 08:54