date:Nov 06, 2012
ysters in the UK have risen to between GBP .40 (USD .64, EUR .50) and GBP .65 (USD 1.04, EUR .81) each over the last year while native oysters cost up to GBP 1.25 each, according to the Fish2fork website.
The price rise is good news for fishermen but bad news for consumers.
John Bates, who runs Seasalter Shellfish in Kent, said that the French are buying up as much as they can from the UK, despite just 1,200 metric tons being farmed here each year.
Bates estimates that up to a fifth of all oy