Recent developments in European fisheries market

Introduction: bottom fish: the market is generally depressed, and the price of red fish is low Flatfish: due to the good fishing and production of wild turbot, the production of cultured turbot can also balance with it, and there is no big fluctuation in market price Demand is not very high at present, but it is expected to improve by the end of this month The price of other flatfish is too high and the market is depressed Tuna / pelagic: Fishing in the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific is rather poor, far from what it was in 2000 Canneries in Europe lack raw materials and have to bear the high price offered by the seller Many factories will be closed in August, but prices are likely to rise again when they reopen in September Unlike European and African price trends, tuna prices in Bangkok have fallen from $950 - $970 per ton to $730 - $750 per ton since May With the coming of summer, the demand of tuna and mackerel for barbecue may increase, but the supply of small and medium-sized pelagic fish is too small because of low resources and limited catch Mackerel / herring: the market for mackerel and herring is quite calm Freshwater fish: Frozen Nile perch prices continue to rise, and the Spanish market still uses products such as cod fillets as alternatives The tilapia fresh fillet Market is generally affected by the summer (June to the end of August) The quantity has decreased, the price has remained stable basically, and slightly increased Frozen tilapia fillets are affected by fierce competition in the Asian market Salmon / trout: the export price of Norwegian Atlantic salmon has been declining this year, and it has remained at the lowest level since January this year, only slightly higher than the import price set by Europe From July to August, the demand of summer vacation in Europe decreased, and with the preference of summer production situation, the price of salmon will surely stay at a low price, and it is not likely to rise until September to October Perch / snapper: in the past few months, a large number of flatfish and snapper from Greek producers have been found in European markets, especially in Spain, with prices swinging back and forth between buyers and sellers Subsequently, the price of large and small fish decreased slightly However, with the coming of summer, the demand has doubled and the price is gradually rising Cephalopods: the octopus market continues to be oversupplied The Moroccan Fisheries Department officially announced that all frozen octopus were banned from export from June 1 to June 15, 2001 At present, the daily catch is about 700 to 1100 tons Morocco's processing plants have doubled from 30 in 2000 to 60, so the raw material supply of each processing plant is in an unsaturated state In order to control the upward spiral of the price of octopus, the authorities instructed the processing plants to divide into two groups for selective production, but most of them did not The company is worried that the shortage of raw materials will lead to a sharp rise in the landing price In addition, the specifications of Octopus caught at present are No 3-4, which are not very keen on import in Japan The price is expected to decline in the next few weeks In the first quarter of this year, Japan imported 37000 tons of octopus, down 16% from last year Morocco further expanded its market share in Japan, reaching 86% of the total export volume of Japanese octopus In the past few years, Morocco only occupied 60% of the market share, expanding to 82% in 2000.