Live King Crab from Alaska Flying to Chinese Markets
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton Dec 8, 2017
Live king crab from Alaska has always been seen by harvesters as the highest value crab, but the volumes, logistics and difficulties of a live supply chain have meant that live shipments have been few and far between. In the early 2000's, one company, Royal Aleutian, used to send hundreds of thousands of live golden king crab to US markets.
Now, a processor in Adak is reviving the live crab trade with air shipments of live golden king crab directly from Adak to Shanghai, where they go into Alibaba's massive Hema fresh seafood markets, among others.
The new crab and groundfish processor in Adak is Golden Harvest Alaska Seafood. They began direct charter flights with live golden king crab to Shanghai this past September from Adak.
They are working with the fleet to try and add live Opilio in early 2018.
CEO Jason Ogilvie says “When you look at a map, you realize just how close Alaska’s crab fisheries are to Asian markets.....
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