date:Apr 12, 2013
Retail prices on halibut soared for the first week of Alaskan halibut season which started 23 March and overall remained strong because of supply challenges.
Many supermarket chains started out the season with USD 20 (EUR 15.25) a pound halibut fillets and some have dropped their prices but only slightly.
Prices came down somewhat, but the bad weather in Alaska has made product tight this week and prices are firming quite a bit for the first part of the week, Dan Pryor, senior purchaser for