New live lobster terminal up and running at Urk

2010-08-24T01:00:00

Before leaving the aquaport, all the lobsters are carefully checked. Mortalities are kept well below 0.25%, according to Aqualife.

The new ‘aquaport’ in Urk in the Netherlands is now regularly receiving commercial shipments of live lobsters from Halifax in Nova Scotia. The first consignment arrived on 21 May, and they have been coming in weekly ever since.

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