Dungeness crabbers worry sensationalized domoic acid headlines will scare away demand

dungenesscrabAs Dungeness crabbers in California, Oregon and Washington continue to wait for domoic acid to drop to safe levels so they can begin the already-delayed crabbing season, some fear that falling consumer confidence might impact this season’s prices. According to an executive at a wholesale company who wished to remain anonymous, (source A), despite having “plenty of inventory” to hold them over as the company waits for the fishery to open, “bad press has lowered demand…irresponsible reporting of media on domoic acid has damaged our markets”. Read the article here 14:06

One Response to Dungeness crabbers worry sensationalized domoic acid headlines will scare away demand

  1. Jacklyn Rydman says:

    400 tons of nuclear waist is pouring in to the Pacific Ocean every day
    Since March 2011, Tokyo can’t contain the radiation. THIS HAS CAUSED THE OCEAN ALGAE TO PROLIFERATE IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLEAN THE PROBLEM, THE ALGAE IS FULL OF RADIATION AND HAS FORMED A BIG BLOB! ALL SEA LIFE THAT EAT ALGAE ARE DOOMED, THERE IS NO HOPE UNLESS SOMEONE CAN FIND AN ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM, YESTERDAY OUR GOVERNMENT RAISED THE AMOUNT OF RADIATION A PERSON COULD WITHSTAND
    CRABS ARE NOT OUR PROBLEM! WE SHOULD NOT BE EATING ANYTHING OUT OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, GET INFORMED CHECK FUKASHIMA RADIATION ON GOOGLE, IT’S ALL THERE!

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