Dogfish Price Trend and Forecast 2026-2027

Germany paid the most for dogfish in Q3 2026: USD 6.40/KG, down 0.9% from USD 6.46/KG in Q2. Import needs, higher handling costs and steady demand from smokehouses and fish processors keep German prices above the other three markets. Worldwide, the average fell 1.2% to USD 4.85/KG from USD 4.91/KG, mostly because larger landings in North America and softer export demand led processors and importers to lower prices in all four markets. What about Q4 2026? We expect a global average somewhere in the USD 4.63-5.02/KG range, with landings and quotas, fuel costs, demand from smokehouses and fish and chip shops and export shipments from North America doing most of the work.

Dogfish, mostly spiny dogfish, is a small shark caught with nets and lines in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. It is sold as dressed fish, skinless fillets and belly flaps, and it is eaten battered in British fish and chip shops and smoked in Germany. Prices in this report refer to chilled dressed dogfish at wholesale level and are quoted per kilogram. They depend on landings, fuel costs and demand from smokehouses and food service buyers.

Most of the catch comes from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, and most of the exports go to Germany, France and Italy. Catches are limited by quotas that are set each year, so landings change little between seasons. Boats land the fish chilled, plants dress and pack it, and exporters ship it by road and by air. Buyers look at size, freshness and skin quality.

Dogfish Price Forecast for 2026

Prices should ease slightly through the rest of 2026. Landings are larger and export orders are slower, but steady demand from smokehouses and the chip shop trade limits the size of the decline. Year on year, the global average has moved from USD 4.78/KG to USD 4.85/KG, an increase of 1.5%.

For Q4, the risks are weighted toward lower prices. What could push prices higher? Lower landings, higher fuel costs or stronger orders from German smokehouses would lift prices. What could pull them lower? Larger landings, weaker export demand or lower orders from food service buyers would lower prices.

For the Quarter Ending September 2026

Dogfish Prices Q3 2026:

• Canada: USD 3.60/KG
• United States: USD 4.10/KG
• United Kingdom: USD 5.30/KG
• Germany: USD 6.40/KG

Dogfish Prices in Canada

Canada softened 1.6% to USD 3.60/KG in Q3 2026, from USD 3.66/KG in Q2. Canadian prices fell as the landings of dogfish increased. The Q3 2025 average of USD 3.54/KG puts the current price 1.7% above its level a year earlier. In comparison with the average of USD 4.85/KG across the four markets, the price in Canada was 25.8% lower.

Why did the price of Dogfish change in Q3 2026 in Canada?

Canada declined. Landings of dogfish increased, processors lowered prices, and demand from export buyers was soft. At USD 3.60/KG, Canada is 0.6% higher than in Q4 2025, when the average was USD 3.58/KG, and the global average is 0.4% higher over the same period. On the global measure the average was 1.2% lower over the quarter.

Dogfish Prices in United States

In Q3 2026, the average price in the United States fell 1.2% to USD 4.10/KG, compared with USD 4.15/KG in Q2. American prices fell as the landings of dogfish increased. Year on year, the average is 1.5% higher, against USD 4.04/KG in Q3 2025. The United States ended the quarter 15.5% below the group average of USD 4.85/KG.

Why did the price of Dogfish change in Q3 2026 in United States?

The United States declined. Landings of dogfish increased, processors lowered offers, and demand from European importers was soft. This leaves the United States 0.5% higher than at the end of 2025, when the average was USD 4.08/KG, while the global average is 0.4% higher over the same period. For comparison, the global average moved 1.2% lower over the same quarter.

Dogfish Prices in United Kingdom

The United Kingdom's average moved down 1.1% in Q3 2026, to USD 5.30/KG from USD 5.36/KG in Q2. British prices eased as arrivals of dogfish increased. The current level is 1.5% above the Q3 2025 average of USD 5.22/KG. The price in the United Kingdom was 9.3% above the group average of USD 4.85/KG in Q3 2026.

Why did the price of Dogfish change in Q3 2026 in United Kingdom?

The United Kingdom eased. Arrivals of dogfish increased, wholesalers lowered prices, and demand from fish and chip shops was soft. From USD 5.27/KG at the close of 2025 to USD 5.30/KG in Q3 2026, the price in the United Kingdom has risen 0.6%, and the global average has risen 0.4%. The global average shifted 1.2% lower in the same quarter.

Dogfish Prices in Germany

Prices in Germany softened 0.9% in Q3 2026 to USD 6.40/KG, compared with USD 6.46/KG in Q2. German prices eased as arrivals of dogfish increased. A year earlier, in Q3 2025, the average stood at USD 6.32/KG, which makes the current price 1.3% higher. The gap to the four-market average of USD 4.85/KG was 32.0% above for Germany.

Why did the price of Dogfish change in Q3 2026 in Germany?

Germany eased. Arrivals of dogfish increased, importers lowered offers, and demand from smokehouses was soft. Across the first three quarters of 2026, Germany has moved up 0.5% from USD 6.37/KG in Q4 2025 to USD 6.40/KG, against a 0.4% gain for the global average. Across the four markets the average was 1.2% lower on the quarter.

For the Quarter Ending June 2026

Dogfish Prices Q2 2026:

• Canada: USD 3.66/KG
• United States: USD 4.15/KG
• United Kingdom: USD 5.36/KG
• Germany: USD 6.46/KG

Dogfish Prices in Canada

Prices in Canada firmed 1.1% in Q2 2026 to USD 3.66/KG, compared with USD 3.62/KG in Q1. Canadian prices rose as the demand from export buyers strengthened. Compared with Q2 2025, when Canada averaged USD 3.47/KG, the current price is 5.5% higher. Against the four-market average of USD 4.91/KG, Canada stood 25.5% below in the quarter.

Why did the price of Dogfish change in Q2 2026 in Canada?

Canada rose. Demand from export buyers strengthened, fuel costs went up, and processors lifted prices. This came on top of a 1.1% gain in Q1, and the average ended 5.5% above its level of a year earlier, when it stood at USD 3.47/KG. Q3 reversed some of the change, with the price at USD 3.60/KG.

Dogfish Prices in United States

The United States recorded a 1.0% gain in Q2 2026, with the average reaching USD 4.15/KG against USD 4.11/KG in Q1. American prices rose as the demand from European importers strengthened. Measured against Q2 2025, when the average stood at USD 3.98/KG, the market is 4.3% higher. The United States finished Q2 2026 15.5% below the four-market average of USD 4.91/KG.

Why did the price of Dogfish change in Q2 2026 in United States?

The United States rose. Demand from European importers strengthened, fuel costs went up, and processors lifted offers. Q1 had brought a 0.7% gain, and by the end of Q2 the price was 4.3% above the Q2 2025 average of USD 3.98/KG. The price then partly reversed in Q3, to USD 4.10/KG. On the global measure the average was 1.0% higher over the quarter.

Dogfish Prices in United Kingdom

The Q2 2026 average for the United Kingdom stood at USD 5.36/KG, an increase of 0.9% on the USD 5.31/KG recorded in Q1. British prices rose as the demand from fish and chip shops strengthened. In Q2 2025 the average was USD 5.14/KG, so the market is 4.3% higher on a yearly basis. The four markets averaged USD 4.91/KG in the quarter, so the price in the United Kingdom was 9.2% higher.

Why did the price of Dogfish change in Q2 2026 in United Kingdom?

The United Kingdom rose. Demand from fish and chip shops strengthened, fuel costs went up, and wholesalers lifted prices. Coming after a 0.8% gain in Q1, the Q2 figure sits 4.3% above the USD 5.14/KG of Q2 2025. Part of the move was reversed in Q3, leaving the price at USD 5.30/KG.

Dogfish Prices in Germany

Germany registered a 0.8% increase in Q2 2026, taking the average to USD 6.46/KG from USD 6.41/KG in Q1. German prices rose as the demand from smokehouses strengthened. This represents a 3.4% increase on the USD 6.25/KG recorded in Q2 2025. In comparison with the average of USD 4.91/KG across the four markets, the price in Germany was 31.6% higher.

Why did the price of Dogfish change in Q2 2026 in Germany?

Germany rose. Demand from smokehouses strengthened, import costs went up, and importers lifted offers. The 0.6% gain in Q1 set the base, and Q2 finished 3.4% above the USD 6.25/KG recorded a year earlier. Q3 reversed some of the change, with the price at USD 6.40/KG. The global average shifted 1.0% higher in the same quarter.

Quarterly Dogfish Price Trends

Dogfish prices rose through 2025 and the first half of 2026 before easing in the third quarter in all four markets. The global average moved from USD 4.64/KG in Q1 2025 to 4.71 in Q2, 4.78 in Q3 and 4.83 in Q4, then 4.86 in Q1 2026, 4.91 in Q2 and 4.85 in Q3, a net gain of roughly 4.5% across the window. Higher fuel costs and steady demand from smokehouses and chip shops lifted prices for five quarters, and larger landings caused a decline in the third quarter.

What was Dogfish Price in 2025?

2025 was a year of gradual increases for dogfish, with prices rising in each quarter in all four markets. Starting near USD 4.64/KG in Q1, the global average finished the year at 4.83 in Q4, a gain of about 4.1%. Higher fuel costs and steady demand from smokehouses and chip shops supported processors throughout the year.

Dogfish Prices in Canada in 2025

In Canada, prices moved from about USD 3.41/KG in Q1 2025 to USD 3.58/KG by Q4, up roughly 5.0%. Canadian prices rose gradually as fuel costs and demand from export buyers increased. Relative to the end of 2025, the price in Canada is 0.6% higher at USD 3.60/KG. The quarterly breakdown above allows each stage of that path to be traced.

Dogfish Prices in United States in 2025

In the United States, prices moved from about USD 3.92/KG in Q1 2025 to USD 4.08/KG by Q4, up roughly 4.1%. American prices rose gradually as fuel costs and demand from European importers increased. By Q3 2026 the average for the United States had reached USD 4.10/KG, 0.5% above the Q4 2025 close.

Dogfish Prices in United Kingdom in 2025

In the United Kingdom, prices moved from about USD 5.07/KG in Q1 2025 to USD 5.27/KG by Q4, up roughly 3.9%. British prices rose gradually as fuel costs and demand from fish and chip shops increased. The latest quarter places the United Kingdom at USD 5.30/KG, which is 0.6% above the level at which 2025 ended.

Dogfish Prices in Germany in 2025

In Germany, prices moved from about USD 6.18/KG in Q1 2025 to USD 6.37/KG by Q4, up roughly 3.1%. German prices rose gradually as import costs and demand from smokehouses increased. Since the 2025 close of USD 6.37/KG, the price in Germany has moved up 0.5%, reaching USD 6.40/KG in Q3 2026.

How We Can Help

Expert Market Research: Your Source for Real-Time Dogfish Price Intelligence

We keep a continuous eye on dogfish prices wherever it is produced or consumed at scale, tracing causation through landings, quotas, fuel costs, product form and demand from smokehouses and food service buyers. Our forecasts draw on production data, trade flows, input cost trends and demand indicators across all reporting regions, so subscribers see why a price moved and not just that it did. Need pricing data, bespoke market analysis, or procurement advisory? Reach out to our team.