Significantly higher prices have somewhat spoiled the desire for fish and seafood in private households in Germany. In total, they bought 434,413 tons of fish and seafood last year and spent 4.9 billion euros on it, as the head of the fish information center, Petra Weigl, said in Hamburg. That is a decrease of 11.9 percent in terms of quantity and a minus of 9 percent in terms of money.
In the second Corona year 2021, Germans had spent more money on fish than ever before. According to the service, a total of almost 5.4 billion euros was paid for 493,325 tons of fish and seafood in food retail. According to the information, almost 12,000 tons more fish were sold in the first Corona year 2020, but at a lower price of 5.3 billion euros.
Favorite fish now is Alaska Pollock
Last year, Alaska pollock replaced salmon as the Germans’ favorite fish. According to the information, this was followed by tuna, as in the previous year. Fourth and fifth place went to herring and shrimp. As in the previous year, the Germans preferred to eat the fish from the can and as a frozen product. This was followed by crustaceans, molluscs and fresh fish.
Traditionally, most fish was eaten in the north of the country. With a per capita consumption of 6.6 kilograms, the people of Bremen replaced the people of Schleswig-Holstein with a consumption of 6.5 kilograms. This was followed by Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, each with 6.0 kilograms. As in the previous year, Baden-Württemberg came last with 4.8 kilograms of fish per capita.
