Sqwertz wrote:
>
> The price of most non-mainline fish has more than doubled in the
> last 5-6 years. Salmon, some tuna and catfish is about the only
> thing that's remained almost the same price. Even Tilapia has
> doubled to $4/lb. And that's a really boring fish.
>
> Shrimp, OTOH, used to be $10/lb at it's lowest point in the 80's.

Don't you mean the highest point?

That was about the time before ocean-caught shrimp
were overtaken by farm-raised in ecology-destroying
ponds in Central America, South America, and
Southeast Asia.

And the price dropped really low, compared to
what it was when I was a kid or teenager. Prawns
used to be really expensive, but became really
cheap. On the other hand, Alaskan cocktail shrimp
were really cheap then and are non-existent today,
apparently because the fishery collapsed.