AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION AQUACULTURE IN THE EU

EU 8 is
the
th
biggest
producer in terms of volume
50%
molluscs &
crustaceans
27%
marine
fish

1.53% 11.94%
Others
produced
in the EU
23%
European Union
each year freshwater
25.78% fish

60.75%
5EU
Indonesia Philippines
main Top 7 aquaculture species
India Bangladesh produced in the EU
China ES FR UK
Vietnam South Korea
aquaculture 1 Mussel
producers IT GR 2 Trout
Did you know?
Aquaculture will soon surpass wild fisheries as the main 3 Salmon
source of seafood. This reflects the transition which 4 Oyster
happened on land in the past with the evolution from EU aquaculture provides a fresh, local
hunting to farming. supply of healthy seafood and follows 5 Carp
strict rules to protect the consumer,
In AD 79, Pliny the Elder described fish and oyster the fish and the environment. 6 Sea Bream
farming techniques in his book Natural History
7 Sea Bass

Sea Bream

AQUACULTURE CONSUMPTION AQUACULTURE BENEFITS

23.1
kg per person
24%
(5.54 kg)
85 000 directly employed in
European aquaculture

Average seafood of EU consumption comes

consumption per year in the EU from aquaculture
+14 000 enterprises
in the
Origin of aquaculture products consumed in the EU
LOCAL EU
90% of which are
43 % micro-entreprises
from EU Almost all of EU aquaculture (with under 10 employees)
production is
consumed in Europe.
57 %
3
Norway is the
Fish and shellfish
omega

EU's principal
Non-EU countries provide oils, healthy At every step
supplier of
proteins and minerals. from egg
aquaculture products. to plate,
farmed
seafood
The most consumed is traceable

2
aquaculture species in
the EU are salmon
and mussel

Sustainable aquaculture is needed because

fisheries alone will not meet the growing global
Did you know? demand for seafood. Aquaculture can also
Nine out of ten mussels help reduce pressure on
eaten in the EU are wild fish stocks.
actually farmed Maritime Affairs
and Fisheries
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