Bayer Interviewed for MPBN Report on Increased Maine Lobster Sales in China
Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, spoke to the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for a report about how China’s rising middle class and Maine lobsters’ relatively low prices are creating a rise in American lobster sales in China. Although China buys lobsters from other countries, Bayer said the price of American lobster is competitive. “The primary competition in Asia in general is lobster from Australia and New Zealand, which has always been priced much, much higher than American lobster,” Bayer said. “So we’re able to compete on price, big time.” FIS, the website of Fish Information & Services, cited the MPBN report.