Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic
Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4–10. The Commission may
consult the group on any matter relating to marine and fisheries biology, fishing gear technology,
fisheries economics, fisheries governance, ecosystem effects of fisheries, aquaculture or similar
disciplines.
This report on the Economic Performance of the EU Aquaculture sector 2021 is the seventh report
of its kind produced for the sector and provides a comprehensive overview of the latest
information available on the production, economic value, structure and competitive performance
of the aquaculture sector at the national and EU level. This report includes data for 2008 to 2018
and nowcasting for 2019. The data collected is reported by national totals and by segments
divided on species. The sector has increased production over the period of data collected, and the
turnover and economic performance indicators have increased over time. The EU aquaculture
sector reached 1.2 million tonnes in sales volume and €4.1 billion in turnover, in 2018. The
overall number of enterprise were estimated to 15 thousand, whereas the total number of
employees reached 69 thousand in 2018.
The report furthermore contains three special chapters on the Covid-19 situation and its impact
on the EU aquaculture sector, a chapter on the developed methodology for the nowcast, and
finally a chapter analysing the social variables collected under EUMAP for the first time for the
aquaculture sector.