Patagonian shrimp, Pleoticus muelleri. (Photo: PMArchive)
Fish exports rise, shellfish ones drop
(ARGENTINA, 3/2/2015)
Argentina exported 26,354 tonnes of fish and shellfish in January 2015, a figure which shows a decrease of 6.5 per cent compared to the same month in 2014, when 28,173 tonnes were shipped abroad.
According to statistics from the National Health and Food Quality Service (SENASA), in January 19,049 tonnes of fish were exported, that is to say, 10.9 per cent more than in the same month in 2014 (17,176 tonnes).
Furthermore, 7305 tonnes of shellfish were sold abroad, representing 33.6 per cent less than in the same month last year, when 10,997 tonnes were exported.
The highest export records were those of hake (Merluccius hubbsi), with 8142 tonnes, representing 7.1 per cent less than in the first month of 2014, when 8763 tonnes were sent abroad.
It was followed by shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri), with 6191 tonnes, 20.9 per cent less than in the same month last year, when 7820 tonnes were exported; and by squid (Illex argentinus), whose sales fell by 69.6 per cent, changing from 2084 tonnes in January 2014 to only 634 tonnes in the first month of 2015.
Meanwhile, hoki (Macruronus magellanicus) shipments rose, increasing from 772 tonnes in January last year to 1868 tonnes in the same month of 2015, that is to say, an increase amounting to 141.9 per cent.
Other resources whose sales abroad experienced increases are the Patagonian anchovy (Engraulis anchoita), which went from 1950 tonnes in January 2014 to 2076 tonnes in January 2015 (6.4 per cent); stingray fins (Potamotrygon brachyura) changed from 228 to 703 tonnes (208.3 per cent); and haddock (Genypterus blacodes) grew from 230 to 256 tonnes (11.3 per cent).
On the other hand, the species that recorded declines comparing January 2015 with the same month last year were:
- Patagonian scallop (Zygochlamys patagonica): 67.2 per cent (from 672 to 221 tonnes);
- Trout (Cynoscion striatus): 30.6 per cent (from 605 to 420 tonnes).
By Analia Murias
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www.seafood.media
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