date:Aug 09, 2012
the landings of Stone-bass ( 120 per cent), Dog-fish ( 86.3 per cent) and Blue Fin Tuna ( 55.1 per cent) were offset by drops of 79.5 per cent and 50.9 per cent in Bogue and Swordfish landings respectively.
The wholesale value of fresh fish landings by Maltese fishermen stood at 2.28 million, resulting in an increase of 17.5 per cent over the corresponding quarter last year.
This was mainly due to a rise in the average price per kilogram of Blue Fin Tuna, from 7.8 per kilogram in the second qu