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‘We don’t cognize if they’re going to buy’
CONCH KEY, Fla. – In Conch Key, Kelly Cordova’s crews are getting traps acceptable for lobster season.
She’s been connected the h2o her full life.
“This is our family’s business,” said Cordova. “My ma and dada started erstwhile they were 15.”
But adjacent arsenic the Trump medication softens its code connected China tariffs, there’s inactive uncertainty implicit the anticipation of reciprocal tariffs tacked connected to the unrecorded lobster they export.
“We don’t cognize what we’re going to do, it’s really, truly scary close now,” said Cordova.
Spiny lobster is simply a multi-million dollar manufacture successful Florida and the Florida Keys are the biggest producer, harvesting astir 4 cardinal pounds past season.
According to the Florida Keys Commercial Fishermen’s Association, 70% to 80% of that lobster goes to China.
“The Chinese person been specified a large happening for america and present with the tariffs we don’t cognize if they’re going to buy,” said Cordova.
Longtime lobsterman Jeff Cramer recalls Trump’s archetypal term.
“The archetypal tariffs came successful erstwhile President Trump came successful and that affected america a lot,” helium said. “We recovered and took 1 for the team. We’re conscionable hoping that everything gets sorted out.”
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Janine Stanwood
Janine Stanwood joined Local 10 News successful February 2004 arsenic an duty editor. She is present a wide duty reporter. Before moving to South Florida from her Washington home, Janine was the elder legislative analogous for a United States legislator connected Capitol Hill.
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