Lobster price, at its lowest

ELIAS MEDINA. THE SOUTH CALIFORNIAN. It is a consequence of the fall in the Chinese market, the main buyer of this fishery. LA PAZ, Baja California Sur. (OEM-Informex). A little over a week after the start of the lobster season in the North Pacific Zone, the market does not react, as part of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic; the kilo of crustacean is located at 40 dollars with the forecast that in the next few days it will go down, a cyclical phenomenon that occurs in each harvest, although in previous years the price started at 58 dollars per kilo. Despite expectations that are not good compared to previous seasons, the cooperatives already expected this scenario and prepared for it, making adjustments in their internal expenses but without laying off personnel. Aníbal Lucero, a member of the board of the Cooperativa Emancipación de Bahía Tortugas, reported that in 2019 there were also effects of this pandemic, and although it was at the end of the harvest, the price ...