Fishers Crabby Over Japan’s Russian Imports, but Tokyo Says Canada Exports Negligible

Crab landed on the dock at St. John's Harbour on May 6, 2021. The Canadian Press/Paul Daly

Atlantic fishers are feeling the pinch as Japan brings in cheap Russian product rather than Canadian snow crabs, with federal ministers and provincial premiers saying they are raising the issue with Japanese officials.

But Tokyo is pushing back on claims that its trade decisions are undermining G7 sanctions—or that they are having much of an effect on the Canadian industry.