A Sustainable Blue Economy offers many solutions to achieve the European Green Deal objectives. However, this requires current activities, technologies and processes to reduce their carbon footprint. In response, the European Commission adopted a...

To accelerate the upscaling of the European algae industry, access to information, training, technology, finance and bioresources must be democratised. The sector must develop a compelling narrative which presents algae as an attractive, lucrative...

The EU fisheries and aquaculture products (FAPs) market is largely dependent on external producers. Some of the imports entering the EU market come from countries with lenient regulations. This study gives an overview on existing competitiveness...

The publication contains a detailed quarterly update on market trends for a variety of major commodities. Combining the price information collected for the European Price Report with other market survey data collected by FAO GLOBEFISH, the report...

The document includes a comprehensive set of “Best Environmental Practice" (BEP) and "Best Available Technology" (BAT) descriptions on sustainable marine and freshwater aquaculture for the benefit of the Baltic Sea region, which takes into account...

This publication provides an update on the European Commission’s Food 2030 initiative and aims to guide future research and innovation policy reflections related to Horizon Europe, the farm-to-fork strategy, the European Green Deal and beyond. It...

“The EU fish market” aims at providing an economic description of the whole  European fisheries and aquaculture industry, based on data available as of September 2023. It replies to questions such as what is produced/exported/imported, when and where...

This new edition of the APROMAR annual report on the development and evolution of the aquaculture sector in Spain, Europe and the world contributed to the knowledge on the state of the activity and promoted its sustainable development. Although this...

The study builds on an extensive literature review, a survey, and in-depth interviews to investigate the potential of 10 microalgae and macroalgae production systems in contributing to animal feed requirements in the EU. It summarizes the current...

This study investigates the welfare of the main fish species reared in the European Union, and highlights current knowledge on fish welfare, knowledge gaps, fish needs and husbandry methods of concern for fish welfare. The study focuses on production...