Aquaculture production in the 27 EU Member States was almost 1.2 million tons and accounted for €4.8 billion in 2022.
In 2022, the main aquaculture species produced were sea mussels (without the species being fully specified, but mostly consisting of Mediterranean mussels) with 195 thousand tons (17% of total EU production), rainbow trout (169 thousand tons, 15%), blue mussels (135 thousand tons, 12%), Gilthead seabream (106 thousand tons, 10%), Pacific cupped oyster (100 thousand tons, 9%), European seabass (90 thousand tons, 8%), Mediterranean mussel (79 thousand tons, 7%), Common carp (63 thousand tons, 6%) and Atlantic bluefin tuna (32 thousand tons, 3%). These nine species account for 87% of the total EU aquaculture production in weight (STECF_24-14_EU).