Seafood sales crash is ag's coronavirus `canary in coal mine'

Andrew Marshall
Updated February 27 2020 - 8:52am, first published February 19 2020 - 8:00am
Victorian rock lobster fisherman, Neil O'Connell, Portland, pulled his traps out of the water in January because export demand vanished. Photo: Anthony Brady
Victorian rock lobster fisherman, Neil O'Connell, Portland, pulled his traps out of the water in January because export demand vanished. Photo: Anthony Brady

Despite continuing fears about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Australian food exports, a trickle of orders has again started to flow to China from Australia's premium priced seafood sector.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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