Indicator Assessment
Aquaculture production in Europe
Indicator Assessment
Prod-ID:
IND-25-en
Also known as:
MAR 008
Last modified 11 May 2021
20
min read
Topics:
Water and marine environment
This page was archived on 09 Feb 2021 with reason:
Other
(Discontinued indicator)
- Marine aquaculture production has been increasing in Europe (EEA-39 countries) since the early 1990s, mostly because of salmon production in Norway, the main producer.
- Over the same period, inland aquaculture in Europe has remained stable. The main producer is Turkey, indicating that much of Europe's aquaculture production takes place outside the EU-28 countries(Figure 3).
- In 2017, the most cultivated species in Europe (EEA-39) was theAtlantic salmon, while in the EU-28 blue mussels were dominant. Other important species include rainbow trout, European sea bass, gilthead sea bream, oysters, and carps, barbels and other cyprinids.
- The countries that contribute the most to European production (EEA-39) are Norway (approximately 46 % of total European production), followed by Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Greece (Figure 6). These seven countries account for 90 % of all aquaculture production in Europe. Norway’s production is nearly all from Atlantic salmon farming. Turkish production consists mainly of trout (inland), sea bream and sea bass (marine).