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Concerns over African markets as Pacific mackerel pushes out Atlantic

One source warns Norway will need to keep an eye on surplus mackerel later in 2017; others feel market demand elsewhere will offset Africa's lack of will to buy at desired prices

By Neil Ramsden | June 19, 2017 09:21 BST
Billingsgate market June 2014. Photo: Undercurrent News
Mackerel sold at Billingsgate market. Photo: Undercurrent News
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Prices for Atlantic mackerel in the African markets have “crashed” in 2017, as demand has shifted instead to Pacific mackerel imported from Japan, Katja Nowak Nielsen – the COO of Danish food trader Nowaco – told Undercurrent News [...]

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