Christmas revives Spanish fishing sales and raises seafood prices

Christmas has reactivated sales of fishing products, after a difficult year due to the decline in consumption. In the market there is high demand and unequal prices, with a special increase in the price of seafood, for reasons such as bad weather or salinity problems in Galicia. The Christmas campaign constitutes one of the strong moments for the turnover of fish merchants - between 15% or 20% of the annual accounts - and, according to wholesalers and fishmongers, this year is presented with positive sales and increases in the most “festive” species, including seafood. Inflation has also had an impact on the prices of fish and seafood in 2023, which in November were sold 6.2% and 5.6% respectively more expensive than in 2022 and, although these foods have not been the most have skyrocketed in the CPI tables, consumers have stopped buying them because of the idea that they are expensive. Representatives of the wholesale trade and the traditional fishmongers' association Fedepesca ...