Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Keith Colwell said Wednesday it will be “three or four months at least” before the exporting of Nova Scotia lobster to China resumes.
“I don’t know how long it’s going to last, nobody does, I can’t answer that question. It’s a blip at the moment, but again, we don’t know how long it’s going to last,” Colwell said.
“The important thing with this is, it’s different than if we lost a market. We have not lost a market. The market is there, we are solidly established in the market. As soon as the population in China can get out again, go back to restaurants … we’ll be back in the marketplace.”
Last month, Colwell called the decreased demand for live lobster in China because of the coronavirus a “minor blip.”
This week, Air Canada announced it was cancelling flights to China until April.
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