Restaurants and some retailers are backing away from fresh mahi this summer with limited supply and skyrocketing wholesale prices.
“There is no mahi,” said a Southeast U.S. wholesaler and importer. “I’ve never seen mahi as tight as it is, or as high-priced.” Problems started when the El Nino weather pattern slowed production in Mexico and made the fish difficult to source. Now, buyers face record-high prices until the mahi season in Central America and South America starts in late Sep…
