Aquaculture statistics – 2007

In the period 2004 to 2007, overall EU fisheries production (including aquaculture) decreased significantly, falling by more than 10%. However aquaculture production changed relatively little in this time (-0.3%) and so the relative share of aquaculture as a proportion of total fisheries production rose from around 18% to just over 20%. 77% of the aquaculture production was in marine areas: 55% from the Atlantic and 22% from the Mediterranean. 48% of the total aquaculture production was of fish and 52% of molluscs. For Norway and Iceland combined, aquaculture accounted for 13.1% of the total fisheries production in 2004 and for 18.1% in 2007. Aquaculture production from 2004 to 2007 rose by 29.3%, however the total fisheries production for both countries combined decreased by 6.2%. Statistics are available for the Candidate Countries - Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey, as well as for Iceland and Norway.