Jan 6, 2012 - Straits Times
Consumers here are increasingly choosing frozen fish over
chilled or live fish, wrote Minister Khaw Boon Wan in a recent post
on his blog.
He cited a visit to Jurong Fishery Port last month where he
heard that fresh fish was not selling as well as in previous
years.
Figures from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Association of
Singapore (AVA) confirmed this trend with statistics: the amount of
fish handled by Jurong Fishery Port dropped by 24 per cent in the
last decade. At Senoko Fishery Port, the drop was 32 per cent.
Conversely, the consumption of frozen fish has doubled from
17,150 tonnes in 2002 to 34,297 tonnes in 2010.
