FISH FACTOR: Tanner Crab Prices; More BOF Juggles; Seafood Again Sets Sales Records; Fish Watch
$8.10 per pound!
That’s the jaw-dropping advance price being paid to Kodiak fishermen for Tanner crab in the fishery that opened on January 15.
High crab prices have led all other seafoods during the Covid pandemic as buyers grab all they can to fill demand at buffet tables, restaurants and retail counters around the world.
“Our strategy was to get a price before the season even started. It's simply bad business to go fishing without a price,” said Peter Longrich, secretary of...
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