Hungarians eating fish mainly at Easter and Christmas

The Hungarians are seasonally fish consumers. Fourty percent come onto plate around Christmas and Easter. Hungarians like carp the most.

Although the per capital amount of fish consumption increases by 10-20 pounds per year, Hungary is still far behind the European and world average. Dr. Orosz Sándor, President of the National Federation of Fish Producers (HalTermOSZ) informed the Origo, that in 1938 the fish consumption rate was only half a kilogram per year, which only reached the one kilogram per year value in 1952. In 1997, the average fish consumption was 2.7 kilogrammes, while last year it was 3,7 kilogrammes. This year a 4.2 kg consumrtion is expected – reports Origo.