Global fish prices rose to a record in May, boosted by increasing demand for salmon and falling supplies, according to the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO).
An index of fish prices tracked by the Rome-based FAO rose 6.3 percent between April and May and was up 16 percent from a year ago, according to the FAO’s biannual Food Outlook report.
Prices for farmed fish such as salmon rose faster than those from capture fisheries in the past year. Aquaculture production is predicted to climb 5.6
