Feast lifts blue crab prices in Negros amid US export ban

E.B. MAGALONA, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Blue swimming crab prices have bounced back to P200 or more per kilo from as low as P150 following the town’s campaign to boost local consumption after the US export ban. E.B. Magalona Vice Mayor Marvin Malacon said the price of blue crabs has started to recover following the