Mexico: La Nueva Viga is ready to meet the greater demand for fish and seafood for Easter

Published 2021년 3월 26일

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La Nueva Viga, a market in Mexico City, expects to sell around 30 thousand tons of fish and seafood during Lent, with a projected increase in sales of 30-50 percent. The market offers a variety of fish and seafood, including gurrubata croaker, horse mackerel, manta ray, carp, and mullet, priced between 25-35 pesos per kilogram. Despite the pandemic, the market ensures compliance with sanitary actions and protocols. It sells about 60 percent of Mexico's national production and is the world's second-largest market for fish and shellfish, after Tokyo. The market employs over 25,000 people and is visited by 40,000 customers and suppliers daily.

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LA NUEVA VIGA MARKET PRESS RELEASE. The representative of the merchants of La Nueva Viga, Roberto Gutiérrez Ambriz, assured that in Lent around 30 thousand tons of product are sold, with an increase in sales of between 30 and 50 percent. He said that throughout the year there is a supply of fish and seafood, especially seasonal ones, such as the current one where gurrubata croaker, horse mackerel, manta ray, carp and mullet are available, among others, with prices between 25 and 35 pesos. the kilogram. A well-prepared carp has a flavor almost the same as salmon, with the difference that it is around 10 times cheaper, highlighted chef Rogelio Hernández Villegas. The president of the National Society of Fish and Seafood Introducers and Distributors, Roberto Gutiérrez Ambriz, said that the supply of seafood and aquaculture products is guaranteed in La Nueva Viga in Mexico City for this Lenten season. He assured that almost two million people visit this supply center at Easter and ...

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