At the Capital Seafood International plant, in Eastern Passage, N.S., there’s a new sense of purpose in the air . Workers sort through crate-after-crate of lobsters, fresh from the Bay of Fundy, grading them to make sure they’re fit for the plant’s new target market — China.
“A grade” shouts a worker, suggesting the ones he’s testing are hardy enough to last the approximately 50 hours it takes to be shipped from the plant to their final destination in China.
“The market size for U.S, Europe, the rest of the world, pretty much in the past four or five years, has remained the same,” said Jack Lui, president of North American operations for ZF Max International. ZF Max International bought the plant to satisfy China’s growing hunger for Atlantic lobster.
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