Tight supplies and slow demand was expected to drive up cuttlefish prices in Spain this year, but a lower catch combined with lackluster demand have seen prices drop about 10 percent.
European or common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) — known as jíbia, sepia and choco in Spanish — is in high season from August to November, though the catch stretches from June to December. Spain is Europe’s largest frozen cuttlefish supplier, representing 99 percent of total European Union production. Spain …
