Florida customers see spiny lobster prices double, driven by huge export demand from China
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Keys Info Net] by William Axford - October 2, 2014
The cost of lobster caught in the Florida Keys has surged in price, jumping from about $10 to more than $20 a pound for retail customers at some local fisheries.
Bill Kelly, executive director of the Florida Keys Commercial Fishermen's Association, said appetites in Southeast Asia have also spurred the hike in prices paid to fishermen. Many lobsters now are shipped across the Pacific Ocean the same day they're brought up...
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