French pollack and smoked salmon: Prices under the microscope

Seafood products are among those whose price formation FranceAgriMer has analyzed. The study sheds light on the value chain. FranceAgriMer's latest price and margin observatory dating from June 2021 dissects over 455 pages the price formation of different food products. Among them: seafood and their very specific sectors (auctions, wholesalers and / or industrialists, then distribution in supermarkets, restaurants, fishmongers or exports, etc.). According to the report, France produced 715,000 tonnes of seafood in 2019 (527,000 t by fishing, 188 t by aquaculture), and imported nearly 2 million. In the end, if we remove exports, apparent consumption amounts to 2.2 million tonnes in live weight equivalent. In 2020, due to the health crisis, catches and auction prices fell by 12% and 2% respectively, the fault of a drop in fishing activity and a drop in demand, particularly with the closure of restaurants and canteens. But what saves the fishermen is the dramatic drop in the price of ...