Fresh Alaska halibut scarce on East Coast this year, as Canadian Atlantic Halibut imports increase
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton - August 29, 2014
With the rise in Alaska halibut prices, they are now the close to East Coast Atlantic halibut prices, and as a result, many East Coast buyers are choosing the Atlantics.
Reports from Fulton market in New York suggest that more companies are sticking with Atlantic Halibut this year; and this is confirmed by reports from Seattle suggesting that sales on the East Coast are shrinking.
Fresh Atlantic halibut is supplied from Canada, and as bycatch from the New England groundfish fleet. Although current landings and quota data for 2014 are not available, a recent Canadian assessment document found their halibut stocks in good shape, and able to support a fishery on the order of 4,000 tons per year....
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