date:Mar 27, 2013
The average Spanish household consumed less seafood in 2012 compared to 2011, which one fishing industry group said is because of a sagging economy and the perception that fish and other seafood are luxury items.
Recently, Arias Caete, the Spanish minister of agriculture, food and the environment, produced data on food consumption in 2012, which showed a 1.2 percent drop in seafood volume and a 1.6 percent drop in seafood value compared to 2011.
Luisa lvarez, the deputy director of the Spanish