Fish landings in Gozo up by 182.6% in 3rd quarter
- Gozitan fishermen suffer a 73.1 per cent drop in fish landed
- Volume and wholesale value of fish landings rise by 52.9 per cent and 72.1 per cent
- Fish landings increase in both Gozo and Malta
- Gozo fish catch up 35.5%, wholesale value up 33.5%
- Gozo suffers a 60.8 per cent decline in volume of fish landed
- Fish landings up in Malta but down in Gozo
- Fish catch and wholesale value down by 39.8% and 45.7% respectively
- 56.6% of fresh fish landings were by Gozitan fishermen
- Fish landings in Gozo up 267.1% in 2nd quarter
- Gozo’s fresh fruit and vegetable crop down 23.6% in 3rd quarter
- Wholesale value of Gozo’s fruit and vegetables declines by 20.1 per cent
- Wholesale value of fruit & veg falls by 17.8% in 2009
- Gozo fruit and vegetable volume up 0.8%, wholesale value down 4%
- Fruit and vegetable supply declines but wholesale value rises
- Volume of fresh fruit and vegetables down by 12.2 per cent, wholesale value up 23.5 per cent
In the third quarter of 2009, fresh fish landings at the local fish market amounted to 526,670 kilograms, up by 73.1 per cent over the third quarter last year. This resulted from more landings in most of the species, mainly Swordfish (+24.6 per cent) and Dorado (+20.4 per cent). The spike in Mackerel landings by Gozitan fishermen was also a contributing factor. The wholesale value of fresh fish landings rose by 32.1 per cent, from €1,671,174 in the third quarter of 2008 to €2,207,661 in the corresponding period this year.
Regional overview
During the period under review, Maltese fishermen landed 286,376 kilograms of fresh fish at the local fish market, up by 31.2 per cent over the comparative period last year. Swordfish and Dorado landings, which registered rises of 22.7 and 35.0 per cent respectively, accounted for 71.0 per cent of all landings by Maltese fishermen. As regards volume, landings of Maltese fishermen represented 54.4 per cent of total landings. The wholesale value of fish landings went up by 34.7 per cent, from €1,320,262 in the third quarter of 2008 to €1,777,772 this year. The increase in the wholesale value of fresh fish was mainly due to growths in Swordfish, Dorado and Shrimp landings, with respective wholesale value gains of 28.9, 48.7 and 61.1 per cent over the third quarter of 2008.
In the third quarter this year, Gozitan fishermen landed 235,422 kilograms of fresh fish (+182.6 per cent) at the fish market, mainly attributable to a multiple rise in Mackerel landings by Gozitan fishermen. On the other hand, landings of Shrimp contracted by 45.2 per cent. In volume, Gozitan fish landings made up 44.7 per cent of total landings, generating €400,587 in wholesale value. This 18.4 per cent rise was primarily due to a higher wholesale value in respect of Swordfish landings.
Foreign vessel landings
In the third quarter of 2009, foreign-flagged vessels landed a total of 4,872 kilograms, 87.4 per cent more over the comparative period in 2008. During the period under review, landings by foreign-flagged vessels represented 0.9 per cent of the total catch, while their wholesale value more than doubled, from €12,567 in 2008 to €29,302 in 2009.
Indices
The quarterly ‘All Items’ fresh fish price index for the period under review stood at 95.38 points, down by 25.73 points (-21.2 per cent) over the corresponding quarter in 2008. In contrast, the quarterly ‘All Items’ fresh fish volume index improved by 66.57 points (+73.1 per cent) in the third quarter of 2009.
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