Moreover, a large part of this is only eaten during the end-of-year holidays, so fish buying in the country is still strongly linked to the Christmas season.

Many families embrace dishes such as fish soup or fried carp as staples of their holiday meals, particularly on Christmas Eve, when Catholic observances often call for abstaining from meat.

The trend that fish consumption in December increases year-on-year can be considered positive, so taking into account the experiences of recent years, retailers are again calculating on selling an increasing amount this year.

It is also clear that the gastronomic interest in fish dishes is also growing, the report notes.