Poles consumed less fish in 2017

Preliminary data shows the consumption of fish and seafood in 2017 amounted to 12.52 kilograms per capita and was 4.5 percent smaller than in the previous year, according to the results of the analysis of the Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics (IERiGŻ). The decrease in consumption concerned only sea fish (by 7.7 percent to 9.57 kg per capita), with the consumption of seafood increased by 14.9 percent to 0.48 kg per capita and freshwater fish grew by 6.7 percent to 2.47 kg per capita. IERiGŻ reports that in 2017, the greatest decrease in consumption concerned tuna, salmon and cod, which resulted mainly from the increase in prices of imported raw materials and, consequently, in retail prices and a significant deterioration in the ratio of fish prices to meat (especially poultry). Poles mostly consumed herring and pollock (2.67 and 2.60 kg per capita respectively). However, the demand for these fish in 2017 was slightly smaller than a year earlier.