date:Nov 20, 2012
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International trade in fish and fishery products is foreseen to expand by 2.5 per cent to 59.9 million tonnes, live weight, as importers are expected to take advantage of falling prices to step up purchases.
However, demand by the EU, the worlds largest fish import market, has been weak due to economic downturns in some southern European markets.
World fish consumption as food is now anticipated to increase by 2.6 per cent in the course of the year, prompting a 1.5 per cent gain in per