Canada’s Lobster Industry Caught in a Tariff Trap
The cages used in lobster fishery have become a symbol of the compounding effect tariffs and countertariffs have on supply chains and customers
The lifespan of a lobster trap is, like pretty much everything else in fishing, a matter mostly beyond one’s control.
A sandy or muddy soft seafloor can buy a trap more than a decade of service. On the other hand, a hard shoal bottom, rough waters, 40-knot winds and an exhausted crew smashing the trap against the side of the boat will slash...
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