The study on “Assessing the impact of seafood imports on EU self-sufficiency‘ was presented on 25 February 2026, focusing on the following topics: The state of play of extra-EU seafood imports Competitiveness in capture fisheries and aquaculture Innovation and investment in EU aquaculture Policy recommendations for stimulating EU self-sufficiency in Read more…
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Publication: January 2026 Download: English Executive summary: ES – DE – EN – FR – IT– PL At a glance note: English Authors: Poseidon: Tim HUNTINGTON and Rod CAPPELL Executive summary This study analyses how seafood imports affect the European Union’s capacity to meet its own seafood demand – Read more…
The presentation of the study took place on 16 July 2025 and mainly focused on: the current state of play in the development of plant-based products that imitate seafood potentially misleading practices as regards the labelling of these products on the EU market national initiatives to tackle the issues generated Read more…
Publication: June 2025 Download: English Executive summary: ES – DE – EN – FR – IT– PL At a glance note: English Authors: Bertrand LE GALLIC (Université Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, UMR 6308, AMURE, IUEM, Plouzané, France) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In recent years, plant-based food substitutes have emerged as a rapidly growing Read more…
Published: October 2018 [rev. edition December 2019] This study researched the drivers and mechanisms of both structural and non-structural horizontal and vertical integration in the seafood industry in all Member States with a coastline. The objective of the study was to identify trends among the Member States. The observed trends Read more…
The PECH Committee requested research on the “Seafood industry integration in all EU Member States with a coastline” and this research was presented in the Committee on 3 December 2019. The study provides a clear description of the corporate structure of the EU seafood industry (fishing, processing and the retail Read more…
Belgium Select another country here: [display-map id=’10589′] Composition of the Belgian seafood sector Belgian fishing companies generated approximately EUR 82 million in landings income in 2015 (Table 9). Processing companies further generated approximately EUR 592 million in 2016. Belgium had a relatively high trade deficit in the fisheries segment. While Read more…
Denmark Select another country here: [display-map id=’10601′] Composition of the Danish seafood sector The fishing industry plays a significant role in the Danish economy (Eurofish, 2015a). Landings and fish processing accounted together for nearly 1% of GDP in 2015 (see Table 18). In 2015, Danish fishing companies generated EUR 440 Read more…
