Alaska Journal | FISH FACTOR: Report finds increase in 2020 retail seafood sales
Post date: Wed, 02/10/2021 - 8:54am Frozen seafood had the biggest sales gains, up 35 percent to $7 billion, in 2020 according to a new report from market data firm IRL. (Photo/File/AJOC) Seafood sales “are on fire” in America’s supermarkets and a king salmon from Southeast Alaska is worth the same as two barrels of oil. A troll-caught, 11-pound chinook salmon was worth $116.16 at the docks versus $115.48 for two barrels of oil at $57.74 each as of Feb. 3. As more COVID-19-conscious customers opted in 2020 for seafood’s proven health benefits, salmon powered sales at fresh seafood...