Guangxi Local Seafood Market Update

One month into the fishing season, Guangxi landings are unusually thin. Not just squid — even bycatch and small pelagics are down sharply. Indian Mackerel in severe short supply. 🐟

🌏 Global context: The lingering El Niño pattern has weakened upwelling across key Pacific & Indian Ocean grounds, pressuring small-pelagic and cephalopod yields worldwide this season — not just in China.

📍 Local driver: Persistent August rainfall flushed nearshore Beibu Gulf into low-salinity water. Squid (most salinity-sensitive) left first, followed by mackerel, scad and sardine — schools believed to have moved further offshore. 🐟

📊 Quick Trends:

• Indian Mackerel: Severe shortage, prices firm & climbing 📈📈 (well below normal catch share, globally tight)

• Black Squid: Minimal nearshore landings, fleet pushing offshore 📈

• Round Scad: Available but tightening 📈

• Sardine: Thin nearshore catch, shifted to normal-salinity offshore ⚠️

• Farmed Golden Pomfret: At their highest level since 2020 📈📈📈 (stocking cut after 2 loss-making cycles)

• Mixed bycatch: Noticeably below prior-year same period

With global pelagic yields pressured by El Niño, plus local Beibu Gulf salinity disruption — Indian Mackerel, squid and Golden Pomfret are tight across the board, hard to refill short-term. Lock specs & volumes now, especially Thailand-bound Indian mackerel programs. ⚡

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