Korea: Intense Heat Waves Drive Up Seafood Prices, Spotlighting Need for Stronger Climate Response
Seafood prices, including fish and shellfish, have been fluctuating widely this summer due to repeated heat waves, government data showed Friday.
The scorching temperatures also increase the risk of mass deaths among farmed fish, making further price hikes likely for sashimi-grade species such as flatfish and rockfish.
Data from Statistics Korea showed that the fish and shellfish price index rose 7.6 percent in July from the same month last year, marking the largest increase in two years and five months since it rose 8.1 percent in February 2023...
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