Salmon is the Winner

Seafish’s recent survey has shown we are all eating nearly twice as much salmon in the UK compared to its nearest rival tuna. This, I imagine, is the result of salmon being both the cheapest available fish and the most readily available in the supermarkets. As mentioned tuna is second, but this may reduce in the next survey with the recent bad press received from the ‘end of the line documentary’. Third and forth are cod and haddock respectively – the countries two favourite cuts. Amazingly Pollack has climbed into the top ten, in at number eight. Its success is most likely due to the championing of this fish by celebrity chefs such like Hugh Fearnly. Seriously though, once you have tasted it you won’t have it again, especially as its increase in popularity has brought the price almost level to haddock (a nice fish).

The list is as follows:

Species	Value (£m)	Volume (tonnes)
Salmon	607.3	49078
Tuna	356.2	74646
Cod	298.7	38294
Haddock	208.8	22591
Warmwater Prawns	178.4	14244
Coldwater Prawns	164.7	17448
Mackerel	92.0	15213
Pollack	66.6	13104
Scampi	55.8	5728
Trout	41.3	4389

Very different scenario in Chelsea with the following being our top ten sellers. The figures would not be accurate so I give you just a species order.

Wild Sea Bass

Cod

Salmon

Dover Sole

Lemon Sole

Atlantic Halibut

Native Lobster

Picked White Crab meat

Monkfish

Warmwater Prawns