Cheap lobsters on offer for Christmas tables as prices plummet due to China import ban

Southern rock lobsters are set to feature on Christmas tables across Australia amid plunging domestic prices, fuelled by the nation’s growing trade tensions with China.

Commercial fishers operating in Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia are supplying record volumes to the domestic market after China’s ban on Australian live lobster imports.

With the crustaceans removed from restaurants and markets in China, seafood processors and commercial fishers are hoping the domestic…