According to the information released by Fisch-Informationszentrum (FIZ) German per-capita seafood consumption edged up 0.2 kg last year, reaching 15.7 kg (catch weight) after freezing at 15.5 kg since 2006. Experts believe that this trend will grow further. FIZ reported that German per-capita seafood consumption is anticipated to total 17.5 kg by 2014.
FIZ is an organisation representing numerous factions of Germany’s seafood industry, including wholesalers, processors, fishmongers and fisherman. It attributed the growth in consumption to increasingly healthier, well-balanced diets among Germans and a rising number of products showing origin information, in terms of catch method and country of origin, which is “easing consumers’ buying decisions.”
The most popular seafood species last year was Alaska pollock, representing 20.1 percent of total seafood consumption. Herring was No. 2 at 18.6 percent, followed by salmon at 12.8 percent and tuna at 9.6 percent. Pangasisu total consumption is 6.6 percent and it is now Germany’s fifth most popular seafood species, more than doubling its market share over the last two years.
