Tuesday, March 22, 2011

What Maine Seafood is in Season at every time of year.

Maine Seafood is a variety of seafood landed from the cold waters of the atlantic ocean . Average water temperature for the atlantic ocean off the coast of Maine ranges from 40 to 60 degrees. depending on the time of year and the shllowness of the water . The most well know and purchased Maine seafood is the Maine lobster , .Maine Lobster are caught year round . The soft shell Maine lobster season starts around june and ends in December soft shell are notoriously less expensive and sweeter but are not as easy to ship . Soft shell clams , razor clams , cohogs and little neck clams can be harvested year round . Large tides and some weather conditions affect the overall market red tides can be a bif issue for the market as well . The best prices on Maine clams can be gotten from December to May . Often clams are shucked during these periods . Maine blue mussles can be harvested wild year round and are farmed year round but after harvest times farmeed blue mussels are hard to get , wildblue mussels much more reliable and in my opinion the beste tasting when selected properly.Maine Oysters here are farmed year round and harvested wild. Different sizes are often harvested at different times of year fall is aways a good oyster time although winter is good as well for quality and flavor The Damariscotta river is famous for its oyster heaps and beds and oyster farms. Maine shrimp season lasts fom Dec to March but can be shortend if processing quotas are met. This year thousand of pounds just got(Thrown back)to the sea because the season got cut early Maine shrimp can be purchased frozen year round. There are other aspects and products of the Maine seafood markets such as ground fishing , scalloping , urchan diving , elvers netting , smelts periwinkles and more we will discuss in future articles. visit http://www.coastalmaineseafod.com for more info on Maine Seafood or to purchase a fresh and great catch .Saving Rachel (A Donovan Creed Crime Novel)

Monday, March 14, 2011

Current Maine Lobster Price - Retail / Wholesale Shipped Anywhere

The Maine Lobster market is a fairly predictable market to understand based on the trends of the past and now the trends of the future . Probably the most signifagant news in todays Maine lobster market is the legislation has now made it legal for lobster distributors and processors to actually sell a whole lobster claw as an individual item . Why this was not simply a matter of commen sense in the past simply bewilders me. As current market conditions go its no surprise of the new shell lobster commenly known as a shedder is approximatly $2.00 less per lb then the hard shell. I am not sure how much sense this really makes sinse about every 100lbs of new shell lobsters a fishermen brings in about 4% of them are hard . During winter and spring months basically all Maine Lobsters caught will be of hard shell quality but the percent of lobstermen actually going out to these deeper waters to catch them is much lower than Summer and Fall . Getting down to the niddy gridy of things . For new shell lobsters the buyers pay anywhere between $3.75lb to $4.15lb. For hard shell live lobster buyers pay from $4.50 to $6.00lb. Wholesale costs need to be makerked up a minimum of 0.25 by a broker for any money to be made . On order of under 25lbs a Doller alb mark up should be made for commision sales. These prices get quoted as if bought directly from a lobsterman. You can havve Maine lobster delivered direct from the coast of Maine as soon as tommrow . visit http://www.shop.coastalmaineseafood.com . Shipping prices will differ from state to state . We list basic market prices for everything and can do a 2 day shipment . In most cases online prices are inflated to as much as 30$lb due to the high cost of air freight. With gas prices unstable and always on the rise this can only mean higher shipping costs and more expensive lobster prices .