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Will fish soon become a luxury product? In any case, it is on the way, since prices are soaring and it has been accelerating recently, we are on average at a 10% increase in one year.
Turbot, sole and sea bream at almost 50 euros per kilo. In a Paris fishmonger, in one week, some selling prices have jumped. The bar, for example, is three times more expensive. In question, the increase in prices for the sector. Prices of fuels, transport, but also consequences of Brexit and scarcity of cash. “It is the industry that is in danger, and it is a sector that can be seriously affected”says Mikael Merigeault, manager of the Chasse Marée fishmonger.
In one year, the price of fresh fish has increased by 10%, that of seafood by 6%. Even in Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais) closest to the source, buyers are noticing the increase and reducing their consumption. To help the sector, the government has announced aid of 35 cents per liter of diesel for fishermen, which is still insufficient for some. Tuesday March 22, the boats from the port of Lorient (Morbihan) were still at the dock. The prefecture has asked for the blockage to be lifted.
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