Spanish households increase fish consumption since the pandemic, after years of decline

The Aecoc Seafood Congress, which ends Thursday in Baiona (Pontevedra), analyzes the future of the fish and seafood trade in Spain, with challenges such as digital trade or the reactivation of the economy after the coronavirus. Míguez, also deputy director of the Port of Celeiro (Lugo), emphasizes that in March and April 2020 the downward curve of fish intake at home began to “reverse” and, since then, Spaniards include in the basket of the purchase species that previously only took in bars and restaurants, like the palometa, the sea bass and the bream. In 2020, the Spanish consumed 1,150 million kilos of fish and shellfish, for which they disbursed 10,240 million euros, and the sale was 10.4 kilos per capita, 1 kilo more than the previous year, according to Míguez, with data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. By category, the purchase of frozen fish increased by 17.5% and that of seafood by 17.2%, and the prices of fish for domestic consumption grew by 3% in ...