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US firm-shell lobster exports giving Canadian hard shells run for the money

'Firm shells [from the US state of Maine] are finding their way to Europe and Asia to a degree we haven't experienced recently' -- Stewart Lamont, Tangier Lobster

By Jason Huffman | Oct. 3, 2023 12:39 BST
Lobsters being unloaded at a wharf in Maine. Photograph by Jason Huffman.
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Canadian exporters of live hard-shell lobsters haven't yet given up their worldwide market share dominance over their US firm-shell counterparts by any means, but they say the competition has grown more fierce in recent times.  [...]

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