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Old Aug 2, 2012, 10:37 am
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cordelli
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Originally Posted by uszkanni
I keep hearing this but haven't seen the prices reflected in local markets out here (Santa Monica, CA). Maybe a trip to Chinatown is in order.
Not to copy the same post from the cheap lobster price thread, but currently the New England market is flooded with lobsters in their new shells (soft shelled) and some which have not molted yet (hard shelled). The new shells are very early this year because of the warm winter, and warmer water temps because of it.

Soft shelled ones can't travel, they are too delicate, so you will probably never see them on the west coast. Supposedly according to news reports a couple weeks ago, wholesale they are going for $1.50 per pound. The lobster processing plants are already backed up from the huge glut of lobsters from Canada in the spring, so they can't take them either.

That means that for weeks prices in my area have been $3.99 or $4.99 per pound at one store or another. The boats apparently can't even be bothered to sort them so it's your choice usually of hard or soft at the same price.

As one store advertised recently - Bologna $5.99 per lb. Lobster $3.99. You Choose.
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