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Fisheries and aquaculture in Europe: situation and outlook in 1996

Year of publication 1996

Pages 54

Author FAO Fisheries Department;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (series)

Series title FAO Fisheries Circular

Series number 0429-9329 - C911

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This document provides a review of fisheries and aquaculture in Europe, including Russia and the other six European Republics of the former USSR. Fishery production for the region as a whole is worth over US$ 20 billion first sale value per year, or about 20% of the world total. In terms of quantity, the region accounts for about 23% of the world's capture fishery production but only 12% of global aquaculture production, although the former has been declining in recent years and the latter growi ng. Europe is also a major region for fish trade, with the European Union alone accounting for about one third of the world's fish imports. Some European countries have very high levels of fish consumption by world standards. The two major country groupings are considered separately: (1) the Industrialized Countries of Western Europe which have in general an adequate food supply with demand for fish satisfied through domestic production and imports, and (2) the less prosperous Transition Coun tries of Eastern Europe and the former USSR which are in the process of changing to market economies with consequent decreases in fish production. Two Transition Countries are classified as Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries. One section of this review deals with the current fisheries situation including the role of fisheries in the economy, fishery production, utilisation, trade, consumption, technology and investment in fisheries. Various issues are also discussed. Finally, the outlook for Euro pean fisheries and aquaculture is considered. The FAO Fisheries Circular is a vehicle for the distribution of short or ephemeral notes, lists, etc., including provisional versions of documents to be issued later in other series.

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FAO Fisheries Department. Fisheries and aquaculture in Europe: situation and outlook in 1996. FAO Fisheries Circular. No. 911. Rome, FAO. 1996. 54p.

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