BC's Valuable Spot-Prawn Fishery Underway
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Global News] by Jon Azpiri - May 18, 2015
Over the past decade, spot prawns have gone from a little-known fringe ingredient to one of B.C.’s signature products.
“They are everything you want in a food,” said sustainable seafood champion and chef Robert Clark. “They’re delicious, they’re local, they’re sustainable–almost perfect.”
Today is day two of the spot prawn season and despite the short season and high costs, they are a goldmine for the 250 licensed harvesters.
The industry is worth an estimated $40 million a year, with prawns expected to fetch around $17 to $18 a pound. More and more of the catch is staying in B.C...
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