{"id":6274,"date":"2014-12-03T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T10:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldfishing.nfdtesting.uk\/icefish-conference\/2014\/12\/03\/mussel-sales-set-to-soar-this-christmas\/"},"modified":"2014-12-03T10:39:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T10:39:00","slug":"mussel-sales-set-to-soar-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/news\/industry-news\/mussel-sales-set-to-soar-this-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mussel sales set to soar this Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The predictions are based on trends set in recent years, with consumers increasingly looking for alternatives to traditional Christmas fare.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe great thing about Scottish mussels is that they are tasty and indulgent, yet are a healthy to eat food too,\u201d says SSMG managing director, Stephen Cameron. \u201cThere is a vast array of mussel recipes to choose from, which makes them incredibly versatile in the kitchen. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Scottish rope-grown mussels are also a sustainable choice for the consumer and are independently certified by the Friend of the Sea and Marine Stewardship Council eco-label schemes for the environmentally-friendly manner in which they are cultivated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group (SSMG) has predicted that mussel sales will increase by around third in the run-up to Christmas, and oyster sales are expected to rise by a similar amount too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-6274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6274"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=6274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}