date:Aug 06, 2014
ishermen landed 278,870 kilograms (+30.3 per cent) of fresh fish during the period under review, making up 90.6 per cent of total landings. This resulted mainly from an increase in the landings of bluefin tuna (+85.9 per cent) and swordfish (+21.2 per cent).
The wholesale value of fresh fish landings by Maltese fishermen amounted to 2.1 million, an increase of 25.1 per cent over the corresponding quarter last year.
Fresh fish landings by Gozitan fishermen dropped by 31.2 per cent over the comp