Economic report on the fish processing industry (STECF 21-14)

Loretta Malvarosa (Editor), Jordi Guillen (Editor), Jarno Virtanen (Editor), Edvard Avdic Mravlje, Cecile Brigaudeau, Maria Cozzolino, Christos Danatskos, Irina Davidjuka, Sabine De Peuter, Jose Manuel Fernandez Polanco, Geert Hoekstra, Lina-Marie Huber, Myrto Ioannou, Emmet Jackson, Armelle Jung, Edvardas Kazlauskas, MałGorzata Kieliszewska, Joanna Krupska, Janek Lees, Ignacio Llorente GarciaRemi Mongruel, Simone Nicheva, Rasmus Nielsen, Stavroula Ntavou, Heidi Pokki, Philip Rodgers, Andrew Sciberras, Svjetlana Višnić Novaković, Lina Waara, Kolyo Zhelev

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Abstract

Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic
Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4–10. The Commission may
consult the group on any matter relating to marine and fisheries biology, fishing gear technology,
fisheries economics, fisheries governance, ecosystem effects of fisheries, aquaculture or similar
disciplines. This report contains the 2021 economic report of the EU fish processing sector,
covering the period 2008 to 2019 (for some MS 2020) and includes information on the EU fish
processing industries in terms of number of enterprises, employment, income and costs. The
profitability and performance of the sector is also reported in terms of gross value added, profits,
profit margins and labour productivity. In 2019, the sector was made up of about 3,200 firms,
provided about 111,000 jobs and produced a turnover of €28.5 billion. For the second time the
analysis of the socio-demographic aspects of the labour forces employed by the sector is
provided, in terms of gender, age, nationality and educational aspects. The report provides an indepth look of the different factors affecting the economic performance of the EU fish processing
industry with a special focus on the major drivers and issues affecting the sector as well as an
outlook on the main future trends. Considering what has happened in the last two years, since
the previous report, and following a specific request of the Commission, the report provides a first
attempt of assessment of the impact that the spread of Covid-19 throughout the world has had
on the EU fish-processing sector.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLuxembourg
PublisherPublications Office of the European Union
Number of pages229
ISBN (Electronic) 978-92-76-53687-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
SeriesJRC Science for Policy Reports
Number129953
ISSN1831-9424

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