Pangasius in Spain is not a new phenomenon. Imports from Vietnam have risen year-on-year since 2003, increasing almost 500 percent. No other species even comes close to such growth, so as a whitefish producer in Spain, there’s good reason to take notice.
Like many European countries, alarm signals are sounding in Spain. Pangasius is stealing ground from traditional wild-caught species such as Greenland halibut, pollock, hake, sole, monkfish, croaker or small hake, and farmed species such as trout, seabream and seabass.
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