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Old 05-17-2014, 11:54 PM   #281
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Supply and demand my friend. Suppliers looking for top dollar and most of the supply is purchased in Asia. I'm in the crab business and I can tell u right now 99% is being exported. Restaurants stopped purchasing crab because people aren't willing to pay 25$lb when u can eat King crab geoduck for around the same price. What can locals do? Get a couple prawn traps and crab traps maybe a dingy and catch em yourself! Cost be a one time thing and the traps can be reused. Bait is fairly cheap as well you could use left overs. From what I understand the area around English Bay to Granville Island is closed to commercial fishing so stocks will be plentiful.!
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