USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Fishery Products Country Reports from Attachés has released its latest (2004) Annual Report on EU fisheries and aquaculture policy & statistics.
This report gives an overview of the current situation in the EU fishery sector, provides information on the EU's import requirements and statistical data on EU fish catches, aquaculture, and imports and exports.
In 2004, the EU-25 aquaculture sector represented 18.8% of the total fisheries production. The main activities in EU aquaculture are sea fish farming, marine shellfish farming and fish farming in fresh water.
In 2004, 45% of the total EU-25 aquaculture production was of fish and 55% of mollusks. 78% of aquaculture species were produced in marine waters: 63% from the Atlantic and 15% from the
In 2004, aquaculture in the EU-15 represented 95% of total EU-25 production, with Spain (26%), France (18%), U.K. (15%) and Italy (9%) being the major contributors.
Main species produced in the EU-25 are mussels and oysters, salmon, rainbow trout, seabream and common carp. Over 99% of the aquaculture production in the 10 new member states is of fish, mainly carp and trout.
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