Products from the Patagonian toothfish fishery off South Georgia, otherwise known as Chilean seabass, are receiving as much as 60 percent higher prices than six years ago, according to the government’s director of fisheries.
“Companies have said this year there’s a price premium for the first time, though the key thing is the market access,” Martin Collins, director of fisheries for South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI), told IntraFish.
Prices in 2009 soared as high as $19,000 (€12,971) per metric ton for headed and gutted (H&G) fish, almost 60 percent higher than the average around six years ago of $10,000 (€6,829) to $12,000 (€8,195) per metric ton.
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