Aquaculture products are gaining acceptance in Spain, turning "luxury" goods into common commodities, but retailers continue to invest in Spanish-sourced products.

Despite an overall decrease in seafood consumption in Spain over the last six years, fish products such as salmon are becoming an increasingly frequent product in people’s shopping baskets.

“Farmed fish has democratized seafood consumption in Spain, especially for species such as salmon, sea bass, seabream and turbot,” a spokesperson with Carrefour Spain’s fisheries department told IntraFish.

“These products are part of the shopping basket now, but they were considered ‘luxury items’ only a few years ago.”

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