Surging air traffic through Abu Dhabi is allowing live seafood sales such as lobster to expand
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Nation] By Shereen El Gazzar - September 22, 2014 -
Two days ago it was 10,000 kilometres away off the Nova Scotia coast. Now the Canadian lobster is crawling around in a fish tank in Abu Dhabi with a price tag of just Dh160.
Surging aircraft traffic through the UAE is adding thousands of tonnes of extra cargo capacity every day.
"Importing live seafood is a very tight supply chain and if it weren’t for the airlines it wouldn’t be possible," said Jurgen Scharkosi, the general manager of The Big Blu, a live seafood shop in Abu Dhabi. He relies on air freight for 95 per cent of his business. Inside the shop, bubbling tanks accommodate giant crabs from Kenya, oysters from Namibia and crayfish from the UK. "It is a very tight supply chain," says Mr Scharkoski...
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