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Default Jumbo Lump Crab Prices!???

limey said...

>
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message > The last time I bought a pound of blue
> jumbo lump crab meat was last year
>> for about $21. At the seafood market in town today it's $29.
>> <snipped>

>
>> This CAN'T be the Katrinna Effect! It's almost all from Maryland!??
>> What's the price in your area?
>>
>> I understand it's hard to get such large lumps of crab, but no harder
>> than last year or the year before...
>>
>> The BUMS!!!
>>
>> Andy

>
> Lump crab meat has been running about $18 here in Maryland. Backfin
> is around $14. It has been a lousy crab year, after quite a few lousy
> years. Thank over-harvesting, flooding earlier this year which
> inundated the Chesapeake Bay, and pollution.
>
> Dora



Dora,

Thanks for clearing up the issue. I hope that in a couple years the
industry will bounce back with abundance!

All the best,

Andy