Prices of fish and shrimp in Mexico

IZRA NEWS AGENCY. The rise, like every year, on the occasion of Lent. Little production affects cold water currents in the sea, they say. CHILPANCINGO, Guerrero. On the occasion of Lent, the prices of a kilogram of fish and shrimp shot up in Chilpancingo. They increased by a large percentage. The consumption of fish, according to the Catholic faith during Holy Week, serves to replace the consumption of red meat during the period of abstinence, for the commemoration of the death of Jesus Christ. The most common fish consumed by the population in this capital city are tilapia, cuatete, mullet, white mojarra, dogfish and sierra fillet, as well as shrimp. In a tour of the IRZA News Agency in the Baltasar R. Leyva Mancilla market, it was confirmed that the new prices of freshwater and sea fish increased by 20, 30 and up to 40 percent depending on the quality of the product. . In the case of the dogfish fillet, the kilogram was obtained at 190 pesos, while it is currently costing 220 ...