Your Friday fish fry just got more expensive as Lent begins amid seafood spikes

As Christians enter the Lenten season — abstaining from meat on Fridays and gathering for church fish fries — the traditions are taking place against a backdrop of rising prices for staples like cod and shrimp.

"Lent is one of the most important seasonal demand drivers of the year for seafood," Mark Frisch, an executive vice president and co-owner of Florida-based Beaver Street Fisheries, told Fox News Digital.

Sales typically rise about 10% during Lent for Beaver Street Fisheries...