The aim of this study was to gather information on current animal welfare practices in European aquaculture as regards the transport and slaughter of farmed fish, and to analyse the extent that fish welfare issues remain unresolved. The costs of...
European Union (EU), aquaculture production is an important economic activity in many coastal and continental regions. EU's high standards both facilitate intra-EU trade and create opportunities for European businesses to compete on the global market...
In the last 20 years the freshwater aquaculture sector in the EU has faced several constraints including lack of investment and innovation, low diversity of products in the market (e.g. mainly live and fresh products for carp), a high degree of...
This study aims to give a better understanding of the aquaculture sector in the EU, its size and potential for growth. It includes a mapping of the industry, also putting the increasingly demanded Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) in perspective...
The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to confine its spread have impacted fisheries and aquaculture production systems across the European Union (EU). This report covers the time period from March to September 2020 for all 27 EU Member States...
This research report produced by the Carefish project of the FishEthosGroup, explores fish welfare guidelines for 24 fish species. It was based on two rounds of visits to 51 Friends of the Sea (FOS)-certified fish farms in 12 countries. During the...
The purpose of this study is to present the scientific basis of the positive and negative impacts of European aquaculture from an economic, environmental, and social point of view, in order to facilitate a well-informed debate. The study is first...
The global shift to renewable energy, including large-scale development of offshore wind farms (OWFs), is well underway. This expansion will in certain places lead to increased coexistence and the potential for multiple uses of the space available...
The Member Associations of the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) provide production data for the activities of their national producers on an annual basis. The FEAP Secretariat groups this information into European and National...
“The EU fish market” aims at providing an economic description of the whole European fisheries and aquaculture industry, based on the data available as of June 2021. It replies to questions such as what is produced/exported/imported, when and where...