A couple things from skimming through this
- Once upon a time, I devised a New England campaign setting, before Howling Wilderness came out. My New England was much more settled and centralized; it included (forcibly) recultivating the potato country of northern Maine. (As well as some large chunks of New York, CT, and Massachusetts.
- The fishing industry will take a couple years to figure out how to re-rig for sail. (say 1998-2000) OTOH, the lack of fishery for a couple of years and the reduction of international fishermen will greatly allow the fish stocks to come back.
- I'm picturing a scene in a post-apocalypic bar...
Barkeep: "Pepsi! We ain't had none since..."
Tough guy: "Listen, you! The Cola Wars is over..."
Uncle Ted