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Re:Coronavirus outbreak makes lobsters so cheap that sellers... by soared on Friday March 06, 2020 @02:38PM (#22506541)
This sounds like the story leading up to a very smart marketer who comes in with a creative solution to solve the problem. Comparable to the northern european guy who convinced all of Japan that eating raw salmon was safe.
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Re:Coronavirus outbreak makes lobsters so cheap that sellers... by porlex on Friday March 06, 2020 @02:42PM (#22506580)
Do you have the name of that guy?
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Re:Coronavirus outbreak makes lobsters so cheap that sellers... by hencq on Friday March 06, 2020 @02:46PM (#22506617)
Bjorn Erik Olsen. There was a Planet Money episode on it (and pretty sure it's been posted here before): https://www.npr.org/2015/09/18/441530790/how-the-desperate-n...

And here's a little bit more detail on it: https://www.norwayexports.no/norways-introduction-of-salmon-...

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Re:Coronavirus outbreak makes lobsters so cheap that sellers... by mhb on Friday March 06, 2020 @02:46PM (#22506610)
Mr. Sub-zero?
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