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Seafood eaten at home

After a period of decline post COVID-19, all seafood sectors returned to growth in 2024. Battered seafood remained popular with shoppers looking to save money by recreating fish and chips at home, along with more expensive seafood such as salmon, seabass and warm water prawns as consumers ‘dine in’ to save money.

Retail seafood sales in the UK

chilled 63%, frozen 23%, ambient 14%
chilled 45%, frozen 33%, ambient 22%
Chilled Frozen Ambient
  • 1. Salmon – 73,405 tonnes (+6%)
  • 2. Tuna – 68,595 tonnes (+5%)
  • 3. Cod – 48,327 tonnes (-1%)
  • 4. Pollock – 41,127 tonnes (+9%)
  • 5. Warm Water Prawns – 25,312 tonnes (+0%)
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Did you know? Seafood has one of the lowest carbon footprints among all protein sources. This makes it a ‘climate-smart’ food that can help mitigate climate change. Great choices are small pelagic fish or farmed mussels. 

Did you know? Seafood is not only environmentally friendly but also packed with essential nutrients. It is a great source of high-quality protein, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals, which are crucial for maintaining good health.

Data notes and sources

Landings

Data Source: Marine Management Organisation.

Reference: MMO monthly landings statistics

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Fleet economic performance

Data source: Seafish

Reference: Seafish Fleet Enquiry Tool

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Note that 2024 performance and landings data is provisional

Aquaculture production

Data Source: Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture (CEFAS)

Reference: Data supplied directly to Seafish

Trade (Imports and Exports)

Data Source: HMRC monthly data via Business Trade Statistics (BTS), processed by Seafish.

Reference: Seafish Trade and Tariff Tool

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Note that 2024 trade data is provisional

Processing

Data source: Seafish

Reference: Seafish Processing Enquiry Tool

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Retail data

NielsenIQ ScanTrack data to 52 week ending 30/12/2024; Reference - Monthly Retail Report 52

week ending (w/e) data to 30.12.24; Click here to view the report; Click here to view the factsheets.

Foodservice data

Circana data to year end December 2024; Reference - 2024 Q4 NPD Data Sheet; Click here to view the report; Click here to view the factsheets.