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North American lobster price tumble spreads to frozen tails, meat, exports

Canadian lobster exporter Stewart Lamont has given his explanation of the recent lobster price collapse a name that sounds like an Agatha Christie book title: 'The curse of the 20-dollar-bill'

By Jason Huffman | May 30, 2024 14:37 BST
Raw lobster tails on ice. Credit Fisher King Seafoods
Raw lobster tails on ice. Credit: Fisher King Seafoods
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Prices for North American lobster (Homarus americanus) have continued their freefall with the downward trend spreading more from the docks to live lobster exports and also frozen tails and meat sold at wholesale, Undercurrent News has learned [...]

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