The EU aquaculture industry is a politically prioritized industry as shown in the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy. The political objectives include biological, economic and social sustainability of the industry. However, while a lot of attention has been paid to the economic importance and environmental impact from the aquaculture sector there has been less focus on the social dimension. This paper contributes to this by providing the first coherent overview of the employment structure in the EU aquaculture sector presenting demographic information on gender, age, education and nationality. Data is further provided by country, by production technology, and by sector (marine, fresh water, shellfish). The results show that the sector is dominated by employees that are citizens of the same country as they are employed, are male, are between 40-64 years old, and have a low to medium level of education.
NICHEVA Simona;
WALDO Staffan;
NIELSEN Rasmus;
LASNER Tobias;
GUILLEN GARCIA Jordi;
JACKSON Emmet;
MOTOVA Arina;
COZZOLINO Maria;
LAMPRAKIS Avdelas;
ZHELEV Kolyo;
LLLORENTE Ignacio;
2022-06-06
ELSEVIER
JRC126341
0044-8486 (online),
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0044848622004987,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC126341,
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738382 (online),
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