Jason Huffman

‘We love having the band back together. We make a great sound’ — Rob Kragh on his reunion with Andrew Daughan to form Packers Pride USA

‘This administration views the Maine lobster industry as an American treasure, and we need to protect it’ — Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary

The average overall price for landings at BASE last week was $17.90/lb, among the lowest so far this season and just below the $17.93/lb average paid the week before

Premium Brands is ‘cautiously optimistic’ as Canada’s new spring fishery has begun, promising a large supply of new lobster — chief financial officer William Kalutycz

‘Volumes of larger sizes, most notably from the Gulf of Maine, contributed to a temporary flush of volume and easing prices on larger counts’ — Lorin Castiglione, UCN’s head of price reporting for the Americas

The deadline is good news for frozen or otherwise preserved products transported by vessel and was not previously stated by the White House

‘There’s no reason to believe at this point that this gambit is not going to work. Absolutely zero. It’s still a good plan’ — Brice Phillips, director of sustainability, on Phillips Foods’ expansion into Atlantic Canada one year later

‘The US government has allowed—even supported—funding of foreign shrimp companies that directly compete with our own’ — John Williams, Southern Shrimp Alliance

‘It’s a complete, utter disaster is what it is. There’s virtually nothing left in Canadian crab’ — US wholesaler on the current lack of supply weeks in advance of the re-opening of the snow crab fisheries in Canada

The change in direction is the result of the “clarity to the markets” brought by the resolution of last year’s battle over antidumping and countervailing duty investigations, says Gary Morrison, head of growth and strategy for UCN’s price reporting agency