Shrimp the ‘canary in the coal mine’ of Gulf of Maine: Warning is broader, pointing to climate change

Shrimp hauled aboard commercial fishing vessel in the Gulf of Maine
Year
2014
Published in
Island Institute & Working Waterfront

Can New England’s shrimp fishery provide an opportunity to identify a responsive path forward for fisheries management that includes warmer waters and ocean acidification?

“Managers, scientists and fishermen all want the same thing: robust fish stocks and a healthy fishing industry. Instead of reacting to the decline in shrimp and cod as a miner would to a dead canary and getting out as quickly as possible, managers and scientists can take this opportunity to fix a problem and take a step forward in fisheries science and fisheries management.”

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