By Cyrus Chan

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'

By Jason Huffman

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

By Jason Huffman

'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

By Cyrus Chan

Exporters are looking to Southeast Asia to plug the gap left by the collapse of the Chinese market following escalating political tensions

The owner of Craig Mostyn Tasmania, Tasmania's biggest lobster exporter, is reportedly selling the business to the South Australian Lobster Company

The discounts could be an important fillip for Australia's rock lobster industry, which has been forced to refocus on the domestic market after sales to China plummeted

Rock lobster harvesters have been struggling in the wake of trade challenges and the COVID pandemic

Prices crashed from $15.50 per pound to between $5.00 and $5.50/lb before rebounding to $10.00 to $10.50/lb

By Louis Harkell

Australia's rock lobster fishing industry is facing a struggle for survival with little-to-no exports to China since early November

Nathan Maxwell-Mcginn is the co-founder of JSJ Seafood, a firm which exports more than $35m of Australian seafood to Asia annually