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 of 9 July 2008 on the submission by Member States of statistics on aquaculture and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 788/96

Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 on the submission by Member States of statistics on aquaculture was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on 9 July 2008.

The Regulation requires submission of data in four areas, namely:
(a) the annual production (volume and unit value) of aquaculture;
(b) the annual input (volume and unit value) to capture-based aquaculture;
(c) the annual production of hatcheries and nurseries;
(d) the structure of the aquaculture sector.

In the majority of Member States, data are collected through a complete census of registered aquaculture producers using annual postal or electronic questionnaires. Almost all countries have incorporated the requirements of European aquaculture data collection into national law. Registration of aquaculture production businesses is a requirement of EU animal health legislation.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2015)297: Follow the progress of this report through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:297:FIN

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