This analysis on the impact of COVID-19 on the performance of the EU-27 fishing fleet has been prepared based on the outcomes of the 2020 Annual Economic Report (AER) on the EU Fishing Fleet (STECF, 2020). Economic performance in 2020 is significantly driven by the combined effects of decline in demand and supply chain disruption resulting from the COVID-19 health crisis. Preliminary results indicate a decrease of 17% in landed value in 2020 compared to 2019 estimates. Our estimates suggest that the countries that have been impacted more by the COVID-19 in terms of value of landings (decrease larger than the EU average) are Bulgaria, Sweden, Greece, Romania, Lithuania, Portugal, Latvia, Cyprus and Poland; while Lithuania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, France, Portugal, Cyprus and Spain are affected more in terms of profits. Our estimates also suggest that the small-scale coastal fleet (SSCF) has been more impacted than the large-scale fleet (LSF).
DENTES DE CARVALHO GASPAR Natacha;
GUILLEN GARCIA Jordi;
CALVO SANTOS Angel;
2020-12-16
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC122999
978-92-76-27237-3 (online),
978-92-76-27236-6 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
1018-5593 (print),
EUR 30497 EN,
OP KJ-NA-30497-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-NA-30497-EN-C (print),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC122999,
10.2760/419959 (online),
10.2760/187580 (print),
