To build a market for green crabs, some look to Maine's Cambodian community

MAINE PUBLIC • June 17, 2022

While green crabs are damaging Maine’s shellfish industry, harvesters are trying to figure out if the crabs themselves could become a commercially viable species. Tae Chong said he sees a business opportunity here, whether that’s selling green crab through a fishmonger in Portland or putting them on a truck to Lowell, Massachusetts, home to a much larger Cambodian community. For now, Chong said Maine seafood harvesters are missing out on new customers by not paying more attention to what immigrant communities want to eat.