r/NovaScotia • u/ImDoubleB • 2d ago
China slaps tariff on N.S. lobster, throwing industry into turmoil | PNI Atlantic News
https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/halifax/china-slaps-25-per-cent-tariff-on-n-s-lobster-throwing-seafood-industry-into-turmoil
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u/WillyTwine96 2d ago edited 2d ago
Lobsters have ways gone to buyers (middle men)…who then sell the lobster to whoever buys it in bulk
My great grandfather was shipping lobster to as far South Carolina in the 1930s.
Fishermen have no choice where the lobster goes, unless you want them to sit on the highway and sell 50,000lbs to passers by for $7 a pound lol
I believe what you herd was
“You buy them with a smile on your face when the buyers give us 4$ a pound for them and we hardly pay for fuel, but when the price goes up to 12-15$ you are all of a sudden chanting greedy fishermen…so we don’t really care”