The value of haddock has dropped for the second consecutive year, according to recently released Nielsen statistics.
Total value of sales for haddock this year came to £3.9 billion (€5 billion/$6.2 billion), a drop of 14.5 percent from the previous year’s total of £4.5 billion (€5.8 billion/$7.2 billion).
The volume of sales also took a large hit, dropping 21.5 percent to 380,515 metric tons, down from 484,631 metric tons.
The lack of sales may be attributed to the high price of haddock driving customers towards cod, according to Gary Hooper of the National Federation of Fishmongers.
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