Why did the salmon price increased this year?

Why did the salmon price has increased this year?

Salmon Price Increased this year

The salmon is probably one of the most consumed fishes in the worlds, but this year 2017 the salmon price has increased, that makes us wonder Why did the salmon price increased?

In this blog we will help you to know that

 First we will talk about the salmon

The salmon is a fish that live in the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans,  most types of salmon are born in fresh water, migrate to the sea, and return to freshwater to reproduce. The salmon can vary in many species with many different characteristics.

 It is one of the favorite sea foods in the worlds, which means that many people hunt them from the rivers.

Now the questions we have been wondering Why did the salmon price increased?

The price of salmon will continue to rise during the coming months. Everything because of a small plague of sea lice, a parasite that feeds from the blood and skin of the salmon that has contaminated a large number of these ones, As TIME says.
The price of the salmon has increased a 40% in 2016 over the previous year.

The Sea Lice

The increase in salmon farms has caused this parasite to spread rapidly and has affected a large number of these,  increasing its price.

This problem has also affected every wild salmon specimens that move near the farms, so the pest has spread beyond these farms. Among the causes of this new pest, as explained by researchers, are factors such as rising water temperature.

But this is not the only reason

The grew of algaes in Chile, in 2016, ended up with 135000 tons of salmon, this obviously increased salmon price

I hope you enjoyed this post

Juan Sebastian Olarte- Gabriel Rios 8-40

Sources:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2109792/why-the-cost-of-fish-is-rising-not-brexit/

http://www.delish.com/food-news/news/a45807/why-salmon-is-getting-more-expensive/

https://qz.com/888169/the-price-of-salmon-is-rising-because-of-a-massive-sea-lice-epidemic/