Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Fish Prices. Gap between dockside and retail fish prices
Summary
Deasy asked why fishermen received as little as 9p per pound when shops charged 70p or 80p. The Minister cited supply and demand and weight loss in filleting, but accepted that a large discrepancy remained.
Would the Minister explain why fishermen are getting as little as 9p per pound for fish while the same species is selling in the shops at 70p or 80p per pound?
Comment on this
That is a matter of supply and demand and it might be as well to remember that the big gap between prices quoted and prices subsequently asked from the customer does not take into account that the whole fish is bought in the market and there is a 50 per cent loss in weight when the fileted fish is sold to the customer.
