For the past five years, demand for fish grew by 2.5 percent a year as a result of population growth, but production or catch rose by only 0.3 percent yearly. In other words, the growth in demand far outpaced the growth in production. This meant that with the low supply of fish, prices naturally rose above the reasonable market levels, thus making fish unaffordable to many sectors of society.

De La Cruz, R. (1990. March 23). Demand for fish outgrows supply. NewsDay, p. 2.