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2018 scallop surprise: Despite larger harvest, currency rates could flatten US supply

The weakened US dollar and related 'one, two punch' of more exports and fewer imports means there could be 2.5% less scallops in the US, Peter Handy suggests

By Jason Huffman | March 19, 2018 16:16 GMT
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Scallops on display at the Eastern Fisheries booth at Seafood Expo North America 2018. Credit: Jason Huffman, Undercurrent News
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You heard it right. Despite massive scallop harvests coming in the US and Japan in 2018, it’s very possible that Americans won’t see any kind of a bump in the availability of what many consider their favorite mollusk, suggests Peter Handy, the president and CEO of Bristol Seafoods. [...]

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