January / February 2023 Eurofish Magazine 1Country profiles: Estonia,…
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Offshore wind energy is an important development for countries wishing to limit their reliance on natural gas,…
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March / April 2022 Country profiles: Poland and Estonia Aquaculture: Setback for growth in commercial aquaponics - No organic certifi cation for aquaponic products in the EU Fisheries: Green strategies for transforming the global fishing industry - Protecting the climate and the environment is paramount Events: Seafood Expo Global, IceFish 2022, and AquaFarm 2022 Guest pages: Jónas Rúnar Viðarsson - Vertical integration of its companies contributes to Iceland’s status as a top-quality supplier - Long and close collaboration between science and industry
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New report analyses small-scale fishing in Estonia and suggests ways to rejuvenate it This article was featured in EUROFISH Magazine 1 / 2021. The coastal fishery in Estonia is defined by fishing at a depth of up to 20 m. The small-scale fishery is specified as professional fishing on vessels below 12 m and using only passive gears, trawling is forbidden.
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In 2020–2023, the Ministry of Rural Affairs is planning a campaign to introduce and raise awareness of fishing and aquaculture products in Estonia. The aim of the campaign is to motivate Estonians to eat more fish, and to expand consumption of fish in the broadest sense.
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The Hunt-Fish group has a track record selling perch fillets to buyers in the Swiss retail sector. At the end of last year the company together with perch fishermen invested in a processing facility to produce fresh perch fillets thereby removing two links in the value chain.
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Estonian independence in 1991 led to the creation of a number of private companies in the fisheries sector. Among them was Pärnu Laht which started its operations processing the freshwater fish perch and pike-perch and selling the fillets to Western Europe. Since then the company has faced a number of ups and downs and today is working on the farmed production of perch.
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The fisheries sector in Estonia comprises marine and inland fisheries, freshwater aquaculture, and a processing industry. The marine fishery is further subdivided into the catches from the high seas, and the Baltic Sea. The former are sourced in the North-West Atlantic (NAFO), the North-East Atlantic (NEAFC), and Svalbard. The Baltic Sea fishery has two main components, a coastal fishery and an offshore pelagic fishery. In terms of volumes of fish caught, around two thirds of the total Estonian landings come from the Baltic Sea pelagic fishery, where the main species are Baltic herring and sprat. This is followed by the distant water landings, the coastal fishery in the Baltic Sea, and finally the inland fishery.
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Political uncertainty is an obstacle to the smooth running of Estonia’s sprat and herring production. Still, the future looks bright with possibilities. We explore these developments from the point of view of the Estonian Fishing Association, the largest of the three Estonian producer organisations.
