Asian demand pushes up B.C. Dungeness crab prices

BC crabDungeness crab is selling for more than the price of lobster at Granville Island, where the cost of the West Coast delicacy has been driven up to record highs by a tight supply and insatiable demand from Asia. This is the first time I have ever seen anything like these prices,said Ray Ogura, of Seafood City at Granville Island, where live crab is selling for $20.90 a pound a dollar per pound higher than Atlantic Lobster. Read more here  12:33

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