Analysis of Canadian Snow Crab Aiming at ‘World Market’

Abstract

Canadian snow crab landings accounts for 57.4% of the world landings and she exports almost her products to major market, Japan and U.S. Prices of snow crab has been fluctuated depend on, they say, ‘World Market’, which is section products market. The reasons why Canada had become a major exporter in 1990’ are followings. 1) Landings has increased, 2) Her products could entry into U.S. market as substitute of Alaskan snow crab 3) Canadian producers change to section procession from meat procession with Japanese technical introduction. Although Canada is a major exporter, Canadian producers could not conduct enough marketing activity. Two kind of Canadian Snow Crab is recognized commercially, ‘the Gulf’ and ‘the Newfoundland’, which are trading in different ways, especially for the Japanese market.