Soft demand has little effect on king crab prices

Demand for Alaska king crab remains weak, but prices are unlikely to get lower than they are now, says the seafood buyer for a Florida-based restaurant group who thinks prices remain too high to spark increased consumption.

“King crab prices are dropping. People are getting tired of paying too much money,” the buyer says. “Prices on the 9-12s, they dropped from USD 21 (EUR 15.30) last year to USD 16 (EUR 11.66), and now I’m hearing prices in the low-USD 15s (EUR 11). There is no retail …


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