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UK shellfish exports hammered by Brexit, COVID

By Sept. 9, 2021 10:31 AM

'It's an absolute s***show' -- Mark Moore, manager at Brixham-based Dartmouth Crab Company, one of the UK's biggest exporters of live brown crab

Oceania
New Zealand gov’t raids eight homes in effort to shutdown illegal rock lobster ring

Aug. 4, 2021 4:28 PM

'We believe this was a highly organized black market ring which took in excess of 4,300 crayfish with a commercial value of over NZD 300,000' -- Gary Orr, NZ Ministry for Primary Industries

Rock lobster
Aussie rock lobster smuggling nothing to do with us, says firm

By July 30, 2021 9:23 AM

Exports to Hong Kong rose 2,000% in May compared with the same month of last year, according to trade data, amid reports of smuggling to the Chinese mainland

Oceania
SIA awarded $590,000 gov’t grant to grow Aussie seafood exports

July 28, 2021 9:51 AM

The grant comes as China still officially remains closed to Australia's rock lobster exports, hitting producers dependent on the huge market

Rock lobster
Harvest of ‘Boston lobster’ threatens endangered whale species, Hong Kong WWF warns

July 14, 2021 4:44 PM

WWF's Hong Kong branch has urged consumers in the city to avoid eating 'Boston lobster' as its harvest could hasten the demise of North Atlantic whale species

Aquatech
Australia launches $3.7m lobster aquaculture research hub

July 14, 2021 10:00 AM

The new research hub based at the University of Tasmania aims to establish sustainable onshore systems for lobster aquaculture in the coming five years

China
Australian lobsters returning to China via ‘grey trade’ despite import ban

June 10, 2021 2:26 PM

Australian lobster exports to Hong Kong have surged since October, with trade experts believing the city is being used as a port to reroute stock into mainland China

Coronavirus
Australian rock lobster firm taps domestic Chinese market via social media

By May 28, 2021 9:29 AM

With the closure of the China market following escalating political tensions, an Australian rock lobster company is instead targeting local Chinese consumers through social media platform 'Little Red Book'

Analysis
China cools pace on US lobster purchases after big spike to end 2020

By May 25, 2021 5:13 PM

'We saw sales to China start going up, but now that's not carried through into this year, into 2021' -- Maine senator Susan Collins

Analysis
New US trade chief pinned down by Congress on China, seafood-related woes

By May 21, 2021 3:57 PM

'We want to be able to act quickly and to make some of these decisions, but we're also very, very mindful of the need to not just be reactive, to not be chasing our tails' -- Katherine Tai, USTR

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