Scientific Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – The 2024 Aquaculture Economic Report (STECF 24-14)
Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4–10. The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to marine and fisheries biology, fishing gear technology, fisheries economics, fisheries governance, ecosystem effects of fisheries, aquaculture or similar disciplines.
This report on the Economic Performance of the EU Aquaculture sector 2024 provides a comprehensive overview of the latest information available on the production, economic value, structure and competitive performance of the aquaculture sector at the national and EU level. This report includes data for 2008 to 2022 and nowcasting for 2023. The focus within this report is on the period 2017 to 2022 covering data provided under the EUMAP data collection. The data collected is reported by national totals and by segments divided on species. The EU aquaculture sector reached 1.2 million tonnes in sales volume and €4.8 billion in turnover, in 2022. This correspond to a 1% increase in volume and 13% increase in value compared to 2021. The overall number of enterprise were estimated to 14 thousand, whereas the total number of employees and full time employed reached 73 thousand and 41 thousand in 2022, respectively. The report furthermore contains two special chapters. A chapter analysing the economic sustainability of the EU aquaculture sector using economic sustainable indicators and a chapter providing information on the latest nowcast analysis.
NIELSEN Rasmus;
LLORENTE Ignacio;
VIRTANEN Jarno;
GUILLEN Jordi;
2025-03-06
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC140767
978-92-68-23807-3 (online),
2467-0715 (online),
OP KJ-01-25-026-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC140767,
10.2760/5049952 (online),
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