Locals shell out for rock lobster to help keep fleet fishing

CM
December 24 2020 - 6:30am
Robe fisherman Dean "Woody" Woodward says it is fantastic to see how the domestic market has stepped up to buy lobster, although the cheaper prices will hit the industry hard. Photo: Jacqui Bateman
Robe fisherman Dean "Woody" Woodward says it is fantastic to see how the domestic market has stepped up to buy lobster, although the cheaper prices will hit the industry hard. Photo: Jacqui Bateman

ROCK lobster prices have nearly halved in the past eight weeks since our biggest market, China shut the door on live imports of the prized crustacean

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Catherine is Stock Journal's long time livestock editor and South East journalist.

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