Salmon, especially from Norway, is scarce at fish stalls in Istanbul, Turkey

Published Dec 10, 2022

Tridge summary

Istanbul is experiencing a scarcity of salmon, especially from Norway, with prices soaring to 220 liras, leading to the sale of domestic salmon at 150 liras. The city's fish stalls are seeing a decrease in the availability of various fish, including anchovy, due to factors like the impact of bonito on small fish populations. As a result, anchovy prices are expected to drop by 50 percent in 15 days. Meanwhile, fish prices like bluefish and horse mackerel are ranging from 80 liras to 150 liras, highlighting the price increase for salmon and the scarcity of smaller, less expensive fish options.

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Salmon is scarce at fish stalls in Istanbul. Especially the salmon from Norway was seen to be scarce on the counters. While the price of imported salmon reached 220 liras, domestic salmon took its place on the counter at 150 liras. On the other hand, it was noted that anchovy is another fish that is decreasing on the counters. It is thought that anchovy will become abundant after 15 days and its price will decrease by 50 percent. The fish in the fish stalls in Istanbul decreased. It was observed that the salmon imported from Norway was scarce on the counters. The fishermen, who said that the salmon is not seen much on the counters because it is scarce from Norway, stated that the price increased to 220 liras. On the other hand, local salmon took its place in the stalls. Fishermen said that there is a decrease in the production of local salmon and accordingly, there is not much in the stalls. In addition, it was noted that there were no fish under 80 liras on the counters at the ...

Source: Kamu3