Spain: High demand for fish and efforts compared to prices this Christmas

Sales of fish and shellfish have increased in recent days and will rise even more this Friday, as Christmas approaches. But the situation varies depending on the species and fishmongers are cushioning this increase so as not to lose consumers The employers' association that brings together the Fedepesca fishmongers, the Barcelona Fish Wholesalers' Guild and sources from the shipping companies have assured Efeagro that the merchants have hope and are making a "containment effort" so that the products of the sea and the aquaculture are not more expensive than normal on these dates. The most consumed species are the classic ones, such as hake, salmon, monkfish, sea bream, sea bass and shellfish, and the rise in prices is uneven as many species remain at the levels of last Christmas. Christmas represents 12% of the annual turnover of Spanish fishmongers, according to Fedepesca. The director of Fedepesca, María Luisa Álvarez, has assured that the Christmas orders have started late this ...