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Maine shrimp industry in such dire straits season might be called off this year

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s Gulf of Maine boats traditionally take to the waters of the Gulf of Maine the first week of December. But not this year. And not last year. In fact, the Northern Shrimp Technical Committee of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission recommends that there not be a shrimp season at all this year.