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Canadian lobster harvesters lament low dock prices as spring season winds down

'We have the finest lobster in the world ... We got gold and we're selling it for the price of coal' -- Jeff MacNeill, lobster harvesters in Prince Edward Island

By Undercurrent News | June 27, 2024 16:27 BST
Lobster fishing boats in North Rustico, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Photo by Barb Dean-Simmons
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As the spring lobster fishing season winds down in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI), harvesters are contemplating the gap between the price they're paid and the price consumers pay, and they're not liking the difference, reports the local news service SaltWire.  [...]

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