Will Captain Iglo soon be breading squid instead of Putin’s Alaska Pollock?

Matthias Keller, Managing Director of the Federal Association of the German Fish Industry and Fish Wholesalers, knows the scene. He thinks it is unlikely that Iglo and its competitors will be able to completely substitute the quantities they currently source from Russia. In some cases, however, this is possible: For example, with the freshwater tropical fish pangasius, which is mainly bred in aquacultures in Vietnam and Indonesia. However, this does not have a good reputation in Germany. It is considered cheap and loaded with antibiotics. “It’s also not comparable in terms of taste,” says Keller.