ALBERTON — Even though there has been a marked improvement from last year, a Howard’s Cove fisherman says fall canner prices are still about a quarter, and market prices about 50 cents, below where he expected them to start out.
The price most quoted by P.E.I. fall fishermen is $3.25 a pound for canners and $3.50 for markets. That’s about 75 cents a pound better than what fall lobsters fetched last year, but about 50 cents less a pound for canners and 75 cents less for markets than what spring fishermen fetched this year
“I really wish we could get another quarter,” said Bernard Reilly; “it would have been the next step (towards bringing the price back up to where it needs to be).”
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