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Easterncedar

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2. Talking to a shrimper in Maine in the late 90s

Reply to Cheezoholic (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:44 AM

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He said Walmart wouldn’t buy local seafood to sell and was ruining the market for it.

I was buying fresh (still live) shrimp from him for 89 cents a pound by the side of the road. They were fabulous.

Climate change has killed off our shrimp fishery since.

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