Fulton's M. Slavin Promoting Frozen Fish in March with Market's Fresh Supply in Winter Slump
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] March 3, 2015
March is Frozen Food Month and Fulton Market Fish Distributor M. Slavin & Sons is taking advantage of the month's designation and February's brutal winter weather to promote frozen seafood at the market.
For most of February ice, cold temperatures and strong winds racked the fishing industry in the Northeast and in Canada. Up and down the northern coast lobster and other fishing boats were frozen in their harbors, unable to harvest. Those vessels that could get out were unable to catch much in gale force winds.
The overall decline in the fishing effort last month kept lobster, shellfish and fresh supplies sparse. Prices for many of these items shot up in February, some to record monthly highs.
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