EU seafood consumption nudged upwards in 2018, as trade flows and demand shifted in key categories, according to the EU Fish Processors and Traders Association's (AIPCE-CEP) annual Finfish Report.

Per capita consumption growth stabilized, recovering 1.2 percent to 25.1 kilos per capita after last year's slide to 24.8 kilograms per capita. Rapidly closing in on 30 kilos, it is the highest consumption has been since the 2008 economic crisis, and 2.2 percent above the average since 2010, said the report authors.