It has been a tough year for Atlantic salmon producers but a better one for retailers and processors as a result of the steep downward trajectory that salmon prices have followed over the past two years.
In Norway, the world’s leading salmon-producing nation, spot prices at the start of 2011 were at around NOK 40 (EUR 5.47, USD 6.97) per kilogram, but by year’s end they had slumped to NOK 25 (EUR 3.42, USD 4.35) per kilogram. The average price for 2011 was NOK 31.99 (EUR 4.37, USD 5.57) per…
