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Research Outline

Prepared for Arnon Z. | Delivered May 17, 2020

EU Fish and Seafood

Goals

To find out financial statistics for the production of fish from inland and industrial farms in EU.

Early Findings

Harvesters sold seafood worth €4.9 billion in 2016.
2016 turnover in the aquaculture sector represented an EBIT of €0.8 billion.
Shellfish farming in EU contributes a revenue of €1.1 billion each year.
United Kingdom, France, Greece, Italy and Spain are among the top-contributing countries when it comes to prdouction. Each of them contribute between €550 million and €1,100 million.
The top 5 species consumed in the EU include tuna, cod, salmon, Alaska pollock
, and shrimps.
Consumers in Europe spent a total of $67.3 billion on fish and seafood in 2017.
Consumer spending per person in Europe was valued at $131 in 2017.
Although fish is popular, meat surpasses it by a lot as the total meat sales in the EU were valued at $260 billion (as compared to $67.3 billion fish sales).
Europe exports $4.7 billion worth of fish and seafood.
Chief seafood exports from EU include flatfish, mackerel, and salmon.