>>2672876It's mostly China. The markups for exotic seafood is absurd over there, so much that US companies would falsify lobster origins to resell to China.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/keys-lobster-company-sentenced-exporting-falsely-labelled-productYou can still buy live spiny lobsters for $12/lb in the Keys fresh off the dock (used to be $7/lb a few years back), but go to China and it'll be easily 10x that price. Like why the fuck would they even bother selling in the US when the potential profits are that high?
