Fall PEI lobster prices higher than a year ago, but still below prices paid in spring
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Journal Pioneer] by Eric McCarthy - August 20, 2014
ALBERTON -- Even though there has been a marked improvement from last year, fall canner prices are still about a quarter, and market prices about 50 cents, below where lobstermen hoped they might start out.
The price most quoted by P.E.I. fall fishermen is $3.25 a pound for canners and $3.50 for markets. That’s about 75 cents a pound better than what fall lobsters fetched last year, but about 50 cents less a pound for canners and 75 cents less for markets than what spring fishermen fetched this year
“I really wish we could get another quarter...
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