China lifts geoduck ban, to suppliers’ relief
SEAFOODNEWS.COM May 27, 2014
China has lifted a five-month ban on live shellfish from U.S. West Coast waters, a move greeted with relief by North Olympic Peninsula producers.
The Chinese government announced the ban’s end in a letter Friday, officials said.
The ban had particularly affected the Alaska and Washington shellfish industry, including such businesses as Taylor Shellfish Farms, based in Shelton, and members of the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe, based in Blyn...
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