Nobody doubts that the Spanish fishery and aquaculture sector is at the cutting edge, of every part of the value chain. The figures confirm it. Spain is the biggest producer in terms of both capture fisheries and aquaculture in the European Union, the second biggest European consumer, and holds the sixth place in the world.
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Analysis of consumption of the main aquaculture products in the countries of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea region
Under the framework of activities of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Aquaculture Task Force (ATF) for the definition of a “Strategy for the sustainable development of Mediterranean and Black Sea Aquaculture” EUROFISH contributed to a study “Improving knowledge on markets of aquaculture products and industry including consumption patterns and on image of aquaculture products”.… -
Production in the Lithuanian aquaculture sector comes primarily from pond aquaculture. The sales of many domestic fish species have increased due to the growing demand from Lithuanian consumers.…
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Levan Davitashvili, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Georgia, met with Aina Afanasjeva, Director of EUROFISH International Organisation,…
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Janusz Wrona, Director of the Fisheries Department in the Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation, discusses some of the important issues affecting the Polish fisheries and the aquaculture sector.
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The Polish aquaculture sector is overwhelmingly dominated by the production of common carp and trout. Insignificant volumes of other carps, sturgeons, and predatory species, such as catfishes, and pike, are also farmed.
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Gospodarstwo Rybackie Goslawice in Konin was established fifty years ago to exploit the availability of warm water from a nearby thermal power plant to raise grass carp, bighead carp, and common carp. In the years that followed the production of other species was introduced including whitefish, pike-perch, tilapia, paddlefish, ornamental fish, European catfish, and sturgeons.
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At Hodowla Ryb K-2, trout are farmed intensively using a sophisticated recirculation system. Currently 400 tonnes of trout a year are produced on the farm, a figure that is soon due to rise to 600 tonnes.
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The Polish production of eyed eggs for rainbow trout is set to increase as concerns about biosecurity persuade farmers to establish their own hatcheries.
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Bytow Lakeland, a FLAG in the Pomerskie region has several projects running. One of these uses a practical approach to inculcate a greater awareness of nature among school children.
