During 2023, a total of 9,424.61 tons of fish were unloaded (y-o-y: -7.0%), with a total value of 39.4 million euros (y-o-y: -2.7%), the SREA announced yesterday.
In December, 229.1 tons of fish were unloaded at auction in the Azores (y-o-y: +22.9%), totaling 1.7 million euros (y-o-y: +5.2%).
In fact, in December 2023 in the Azores, 229,126 kg of fish were unloaded at auction (not including discarded fish or stews, or seaweed not intended for human consumption) with a total value of 1,670,412 euros, of which 185,015 kg were fish (80.7%), corresponding to 81.0% of the total monetary value of unloadings.
Almost half of all unloadings occurred on the island of São Miguel (48.9%), and 39.9% of the total sales value was generated.
The island of Flores had the highest average price (14.64 euros/kg), considerably higher than the regional average (7.29 euros/kg).

In terms of variation, the volume of fish unloaded at auction increased by 22.9% compared to the same month last year, decreased by around 38.2% compared to the previous month, and decreased by 7.0% in the accumulated total for 2023 compared to the previous year.
Concerning the value of fish unloaded at auction, there was a positive monthly year-on-year variation of 5.2% in December, a negative monthly variation of 28.8%, and an annual decrease of 2.7%.
As for the average price, this month it fell by 14.4% compared to the same month last year, to 7.29 euros/kg, grew by 15.2% compared to the previous month, and fell by 3.5% in the whole of 2023 compared to the previous year, concludes the Statistics Office.

In Diário dos Açores, Osvaldo Cabral, director

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