The most optimistic season for skrei begins, with more than 7,000 points of sale

More than 7,000 points of sale in Spain, including markets, cash, hypermarkets and supermarkets, fishmongers and restaurants, will distribute this season (January-April) the premium skrei fish, known as “the king of cod” or “pata negra” from Norway. This is seasonal wild cod, caught with the most sustainable and ocean-friendly methods. In just a few years, Spain has established itself as the world's leading market for skrei, a fish that arrives from the Barents Sea for a very limited time, since the fishery only lasts until April. This cod has been one of the main Norwegian export products since the Viking Age and a main food source for coastal populations for 10,000 years. In Norwegian, skrei means "nomadic" and is an unequivocal reference to the 1,000 km journey that this cod completes each year from the icy Barents Sea to the somewhat warmer waters of the northern coast of Norway where it spawns and which explains well. part the differential characteristics of this fish. The ...