Ireland ranks low for seafood diet

IRISH people eat less than half the quantity of fish consumed in other coastal countries, a world seafood conference heard yesterday.

Deputy chief executive of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) Alan Reilly said it defied logic that Ireland — an island nation with an abundance of seafood — had such a poor ranking in fish eating.

Irish people only consume 7.2kg of fish a person a year compared with the Japanese and those in Mediterranean countries who consume about 16.5kg.