Fish consumption grows on the coasts due to the increase in tourists and the restaurant industry.

The advance in vacation departures and the good prospects for international tourism are boosting fish consumption on the coasts. Demand in restaurants is rising. Fish and seafood consumption is growing this summer on the coasts due to an advance in the vacation getaway of the Spanish, the good prospects for international tourism, and the shift in demand from households to restaurants. Summer is a key time for the income of the fishing sector and, according to sources from traditional fishmongers, wholesalers, and the mass consumption sector, in Spain this year sales have moved earlier from the interior to the coast, under the influence of high temperatures. The good forecasts for foreign tourists will also impact the revenue of the seafood and aquaculture trade. The director of the federation that groups traditional fishmongers, Fedepesca, María Luisa Álvarez, assures that in Madrid, Seville, Barcelona, and Valladolid "the summer getaway has been brought forward" and therefore ...