Aquaculture Statistics - 2007 - Issue number 83/2009 - Products Statistics in Focus

EU Aquaculture production comprised 20.3 % of the total fisheries production

In the period 2004 to 2007 overall EU fisheries production (including aquaculture) decreased significantly, falling by more than 10 %. However aquaculture production changed relatively little in this time (-0.3%) and so the relative share of aquaculture as a proportion of total fisheries production rose from around 18% to just over 20%. 77% of the aquaculture production was in marine areas: 55 % from the Atlantic and 22 % from the Mediterranean. 48% of the total aquaculture production was of fish and 52 % of molluscs. For Norway and Iceland combined, aquaculture accounted for 13.1 % of the total fisheries production in 2004 and for 18.1 % in 2007. Aquaculture production from 2004 to 2007 rose by 29.3 %, however the total fisheries production for both countries combined decreased by 6.2 %.