Surging Salmon Supply is What Pushed up Per Capita Consumption in the US
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton and Michael Ramsingh October 28, 2016
The per capita increase reported yesterday by NMFS from 14.6 to 15.5 lbs was largely driven by salmon, which saw a jump of 24%, from 2.3 to 2.9 lbs. per capita.
Only crab and pangasius were the other major species with an increase.
At the same time, salmon prices have risen sharply in the last six months, and the Urner Barry Salmon Price index rose in October, a time of normal seasonal decline, for only the second time in ten years.
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