PEI Lobster Advisory Committees to Weigh Request to Lengthen Season  Officials representing Prince Edward Island's (PEI) lobster fishery will decide by the end of today if they will apply for an extension to the season scheduled to close on June 30. Calls to extend fishing in Lobster Fishing Areas 24 and 26A are based on preliminary estimates that PEI's spring season catch is down 10 percent from last year. The feeling is landings are lagging because of poor weather and cooler waters since the season opened. “It’s a different kind of year,” said Dennis King, executive director of the PEI Seafood Processors Association. “Product’s harder to get this year, obviously. The big difference … is we haven’t seen that big glut of lobsters land in any given week that would cause processors to work tremendously extra hours.” The majority shareholder of Chinese seafood producer and distributor Zhangzidao agreed to sell as much as 15 percent of its stake in the heavily indebted business. Zhangzidao is also seeking investors to help it plug capital shortages. The company's debt ratio is as high as 80 percent according to its 2015 annual report. In other news, Vietnam's Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) proposed to set a maximum 20 percent net weight ratio for ice glazing used on pangasius bound for export markets. VASEP also proposed to set a maximum moisture ratio at 83 percent. Meanwhile, the US Department of Commerce preliminarily hiked anti-dumping duty rates on Indian shrimp imports by nearly 2 percent in its 10th annual review. Indian shrimp exporters said the duty rate hike should be reversed in the final decision or they will find alternative markets outside the US to sell shrimp. Finally, preliminary figures from the ADF&G show Alaska's salmon harvest has reached nearly 4 million fish statewide. As of June 19, harvesters in the Copper River had delivered 11,062 kings, 548,990 sockeyes, 4,431 chums and 22 humpies after 11 openers. Upwards of 1.5 million fish have been delivered to Prince William Sound Average weight of the kings for the last period was 20.3 pounds, up from 16.2 pounds in the first period. Sockeye weights rose on average too, from 4.8 pounds in the first period to 5.6 pounds in the last period.