Salmon prices vary on seasonal availability of farmed vs. wild (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM May 29, 2014
Salmon prices at wholesale show very marked seasonal variations for both wild and farmed fish. It’s a pattern that’s been tracked by Urner Barry- the nation’s oldest commodity market watcher since 1895.
"Prices pretty much fall during the June, July, August and September period and they begin rising again pretty much from November through April or May."
John Sackton is a market expert and publisher of Seafood.com, an Urner-Barry partner. This pattern is very well established, he says, and two things drive the cycle.
Sackton says buyers of both wild sockeyes and farmed salmon are starting to push back a bit on high prices. That’s likely reflected in the $3.50 advances for the first reds at Copper River, down 50 cents from last year.
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