Christmas fish is getting a lot more expensive in Hungary, but there won't be a shortage of it

You have to pay roughly 50-60 percent more for Christmas fish than a year before, but the supply is ensured despite a significant drop in production. Like the entire Hungarian agriculture, the fish farms also suffered from the lack of water, perhaps even more than other sectors. The damage caused by the lack of water, the warming and lack of oxygen in the shallow waters was further compounded by the fact that the fish-eating birds from the areas where the water had partially or completely disappeared moved to the lake farms and wreaked havoc on the remaining waters. Ferenc Lévai, the spokesperson of the Hungarian Aquaculture and Fisheries Association (MA-HAL) and the CEO of Aranyponty Zrt., told Világgazdaság that due to the accumulated disadvantageous fish situation, this year's fish production will be 30-40 percent lower than the usual 15,000 tons during peacetime. . Roughly a third of this is divided between export, domestic consumption and the supply of fishing ponds. MA-HAL ...