Pacific cod has long been a staple for international markets in Japan, China, Portugal and France, but US producers are seeing hopeful signs a domestic market may be developing that can help the fish move beyond whitefish commodity status.
Lance Magnuson, a Seattle-based consultant and former managing director of Blue North Trading Co., told IntraFish he has seen a recent change in the US market when it comes to the longline cod industry.
"Three years ago we were selling less than 10 percent of our production domestically.
