Mexico Raises Per Capita Seafood Consumption 7 Pounds in 3 Years; Credits Production Increases
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Michael Ramsingh - July 1, 2016
Mexico raised its domestic seafood consumption nearly 7 pounds to about 26 pounds per capita in the last three years, easily beating a six-year goal to boost consumption.
Authorities with Mexico’s National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (CONAPESCA) originally planned in 2012 to raise the country’s seafood consumption to the 26 pound per capita level in six years.
But the goal was reached in three years with help from an increase in farmed and wild seafood production. In 2015 Mexico’s combined seafood output reached a record 1.7 million tons...
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