Vulnerability and risk assessment is an important tool that has been used in the fisheries and aquaculture sector to assess the current and potential consequences of climate change in a variety of geographical, environmental and socio-economic...

Despite all of its benefits, aquaculture production and consumption in the European Union (EU) has not grown at the same pace as in other parts of the world. There is still a lot of potential for further growth and diversification in terms 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...

Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the submission by Member States of statistics on aquaculture and repealing...

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...

With the European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF) and the FIBER as well as the Fisheries de minimis Regulation coming to an end in 2020, there is need to evaluate the performance of the current State aid framework, and draw lessons learned for the...

This paper summarizes the main results of the 2018 Economic Report of the EU Aquaculture Sector, which provides a comprehensive overview of the latest information available on the production, economic value, structure, and competitive performance of...

The EU Blue Economy Report has become the reference to understand past developments, trends and future opportunities in the blue economy and all individual economic activities related to our seas and oceans in the EU and its Member States.

The general objective of this study is to evaluate how MSP benefits specific blue economy sectors, with the aim of feeding the results into relevant EU policies and Competent Authorities in charge of implementing Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP). The...

This factsheet presents the top 10 species groups in global aquaculture 2018 and features one of the fastest growing species groups: crayfishes. The ranking of all 63 species groups in global aquaculture 2018 is illustrated on the back cover. More...