Do you know some of the most popular species of fish caught by EU Member States in 2017? To mark World Food Day, here are the top 5 species caught in the North East Atlantic area, which was the source of three-quarters (76 %) of EU fish catches in 2017. The remaining fish catches came mostly from the Mediterranean and Black Sea (9 %) and the Eastern Central Atlantic (6 %).
In first place was Atlantic herring (19 % of the North East Atlantic catch) followed by Atlantic mackerel (12 %) and sandeels (10 %). In joint fourth place were European sprat and blue whiting (both 9 %). These five species accounted for 60 % of EU catches in the North East Atlantic in 2017.
The data source is here.
For more information on fish catches, fishery production, aquaculture, landings and the fishery fleet, take a look at the following articles on the Eurostat website:
Statistics Explained article on fishery statistics
Agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics – 2017 edition
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