Cod, Shrimp and Pangasius See Gains in US Consumption, Canned Tuna Continues to Slide
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton - November 3, 2017
Cod is the big winner in the per capita consumption numbers as it has taken an increased share of the whitefish market over the past five years.
The per capita consumption numbers released by the National Fisheries Institute yesterday showed a drop in overall US seafood consumption from 15.5 to 14.9 lbs. Almost all of that drop was attributable to salmon, where consumption fell .7 lbs per person.
The NMFS model on which NFI bases its numbers is a disappearance model, and is changed when Alaska has a big year on pink salmon, or a negative year. In 2016 Alaska landed 300 million lbs less salmon than in 2015, mostly due to a shortfall in pinks. When converted to edible weight, this accounts for almost all the drop in salmon consumption.
The numbers are more useful to show trends over time, which do not depend quite so much on the year to year changes in harvest..
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