EIFAC/XXII/2002/Inf.4

This summary presents an outline of the analysis of European catch and aquaculture statistics from 1990 to 2000. It updates document EIFAC/XXI/2000/Inf.4 presented to the Twenty-first Session of EIFAC.

Table of Contents

Regions of Europe

Capture fishery production from inland waters (tonnes)- Eastern Europe

Aquaculture production from inland waters (tonnes) - Eastern Europe

In contrast with Eastern Europe the major-farmed group is the salmonids with rainbow trout as the major species of choice.

The 18^th session of EIFAC adopted four sub-divisions of the European continent. This review of the inland capture fisheries and aquaculture sectors, however, is based on two divisions, because the inland fisheries sectors in the Northern, Southern and Western Europe share many similarities, and were aggregated to contrast with Eastern Europe. The composition of countries constituting Eastern and Western Europe is provided below.

Regions of Europe

Eastern	Western
Albania	Austria
Belarus	Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Cyprus
Bulgaria	Denmark
Croatia	Finland
Czech Republic	France
Estonia	Germany
Hungary	Greece
Latvia	Iceland
Lithuania	Ireland
Macedonia, Fmr Yug Rp of	Israel
Moldova, Republic of	Italy
Poland	Luxembourg
Romania	Netherlands
Russian Federation	Norway
Slovakia	Portugal
Slovenia	Spain
Ukraine	Sweden
Yugoslavia Fed. Rep. of	Switzerland
	Turkey
	United Kingdom

The above map provides a continental overview of total inland fisheries production in Europe in 2000 and the number of countries (given in parenthesis in the key of the map) in the various production bands. Total production in 2000 amounted to slightly above 987,000 tonnes, a significant decline (-27%) compared to production ten years before. Whereas production in Western Europe, after a steady growth which peaked in 1997, has stabilized (at around 430,000 tonnes), decreases in both capture and aquaculture production in Eastern Europe have contributed to the overall European decrease.

In 2000 six countries, the Russian Federation (365,900 tonnes), Turkey (86,000 tonnes), Germany (58,500 tonnes), France (56,200), Italy (53,300 tonnes), and Poland (52,000 tonnes) reported production of over 50,000 tonnes. The Russian Federation is by far the largest producer of aquatic organisms in Europe freshwaters. Spain (42,200 t), Finland (39,000 t) and Denmark (36,500 t) accounted for nearly half of the production of a group of 9 countries which produced more than 10,000 tonnes. Twelve countries produced 2,500 tonnes or less. These countries were: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium, Ireland, Macedonia, Moldova, Slovenia, Portugal, Iceland, Albania, Latvia, Norway and Cyprus.

The decline in total production from inland waters in Eastern Europe since the economic realignment of the late 80s has halted and from 1996 onwards there has been an increasing trend. However, production in 2000, at 552,000 tonnes is still 40% below the level of production prevailing at the beginning of the 90s. This significant apparent decrease may not be entirely real but due to changes in statistical reporting methods, which underestimate the actual level of production.

Total production from inland waters (tonnes)- Eastern Europe

Country	1990		Country	2000
Russian Federation	609,999		Russian Federation	365,880
Ukraine	117,132		Poland	53,338
Romania	48,186		Ukraine	35,219
Poland	45,000		Czech Republic	24,129
Hungary	33,834		Hungary	19,987
Czechoslovakia	26,630		Romania	14,623
Yugoslavia SFR	24,447		Belarus	7,269
Belarus	19,626		Bulgaria	4,505
Lithuania	10,636		Lithuania	3,907
Bulgaria	9,476		Croatia	3,808
Moldova, Republic of	9,472		Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of	3,508
Estonia	5,401		Estonia	3,415
Latvia	2,368		Slovakia	3,142
Albania	2,214		Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,500
			Macedonia, Fmr Yug Rp of	1,834
			Moldova, Republic of	1,319
			Slovenia	1,293
			Albania	1,060
			Latvia	937
Total	964,421		Total	551,673

Production in some major countries such as the Russian Federation, Hungary, Romania, is showing an increasing trend; despite the sharp decline in production when compared to 1990. Production in Poland has been more stable and continued to increase in recent years, reaching over 53,000 tonnes in 2000.

The output from inland capture fisheries in Eastern Europe has shown a steady declining trend in the first half of the last decade, which was checked in mid 1990's. Recent statistics indicate that after a low of 278,500 tonnes in 1997 production has started to increase again and in 1999 regained the level of the early 90's. In 2000 however it amounted to 345,000 tonnes (-3.6 %).

Capture fishery production from inland waters (tonnes)- Eastern Europe

Country	1990		Country	2000
Russian Federation	356,114		Russian Federation	292,368
Ukraine	35,493		Poland	17,543
Poland	18,600		Hungary	7,101
Hungary	16,234		Romania	4,896
Romania	13,236		Czech Republic	4,654
Yugoslavia SFR	12,404		Ukraine	4,260
Lithuania	5,970		Estonia	3,190
Estonia	4,552		Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,500
Czechoslovakia	4,304		Slovakia	2,255
Belarus	2,988		Country	2,000
Moldova, Republic of	2,331		Lithuania	1,911
Albania	1,696		Albania	955
Bulgaria	1,627		Bulgaria	861
Latvia	133		Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of	672
			Latvia	612
			Belarus	553
			Croatia	417
			Slovenia	229
			Macedonia, Fmr Yug Rp of	208
			Moldova, Republic of	151
Total	475,682		Total	345,336

A significant proportion of the decline in capture fisheries can be attributed to almost halving of production from the Russian Federation, from 355,000 tonnes in 1990 to 292,000 tonnes in 2000. Production from Ukraine similarly declined and in 2000 production was only 12% of the production in 1990. The reduction in fisheries output from the Danube Delta in Romania has also resulted in a steady decline in capture fisheries output, from 27,000 tonnes in 1988 to around 5000 tonnes in 2000. It is highly likely, however, that these reported data under-represent the catch by anglers. Much of this catch is used for own consumption and it is estimated that in recent years recreational fisheries contributes some 52,000 tonnes to domestic diets.

The overall trend in aquaculture production is similar to that of inland capture fisheries. Production declined steadily till 1997, but recent data suggest gradual stabilisation and a moderate recovery. Aquaculture production increased from 170,000 tonnes in 1997 to 206,000 tonnes in 2000.

Aquaculture production from inland waters (tonnes) - Eastern Europe

Country	1990		Country	2000
Russian Federation	253,885		Russian Federation	73,512
Ukraine	81,639		Poland	35,795
Romania	34,950		Ukraine	30,959
Poland	26,400		Czech Republic	19,475
Czechoslovakia	22,326		Hungary	12,886
Hungary	17,600		Romania	9,727
Belarus	16,638		Belarus	6,716
Yugoslavia SFR	12,043		Bulgaria	3,644
Bulgaria	7,849		Croatia	3,391
Moldova, Republic of	7,141		Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of	2,836
Lithuania	4,666		Lithuania	1,996
Latvia	2,235		Macedonia, Fmr Yug Rp of	1,626
Estonia	849		Moldova, Republic of	1,168
Albania	518		Slovenia	1,064
			Slovakia	887
			Latvia	325
			Estonia	225
			Albania	105
Total	488,739		Total	206,337

In keeping with capture fisheries production in all major-producing countries -except Poland- output from aquaculture declined noticeably since 1990. In Poland aquaculture production increased form 26,000 tonnes in 1990 to 36,000 in 2000.

A detailed breakdown by country total, capture and culture fisheries for the period is set out in the following sheets.

Total production from inland waters (tonnes) - Eastern Europe

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Albania	2,214	999	1,032	965	802	292	430	187	839	919	1,060
Belarus	19,626	15,543	9,922	10,011	7,720	6,178	6,859	4,821	5,184	5,803	7,269
Bosnia and Herzegovina	...	...	2,000	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500
Bulgaria	9,476	9,254	9,743	9,572	7,095	5,112	5,812	7,251	6,496	10,155	4,505
Croatia	...	...	6,336	4,442	4,753	3,796	2,813	3,133	3,605	3,717	3,808
Czech Republic	...	...	...	23,427	22,610	22,608	21,724	20,881	21,183	22,965	24,129
Czechoslovakia	26,630	26,346	28,485	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Estonia	5,401	2,937	4,042	2,575	2,170	2,531	2,633	2,699	4,138	3,308	3,415
Hungary	33,834	22,879	22,908	17,378	18,206	16,674	15,686	16,740	17,487	19,461	19,987
Latvia	2,368	3,229	1,192	892	1,055	1,039	916	889	926	1,078	937
Lithuania	10,636	7,254	5,421	4,053	3,061	2,974	2,832	3,229	3,253	3,365	3,907
Macedonia, Fmr Yug Rp of	...	...	1,209	1,235	1,230	1,505	989	1,009	1,388	1,804	1,834
Moldova, Republic of	9,472	5,171	3,345	2,905	1,920	2,110	1,670	1,771	1,620	1,136	1,319
Poland	45,000	48,000	51,150	50,000	52,000	50,000	49,737	42,512	43,027	47,586	53,338
Romania	48,186	40,518	34,510	29,662	30,998	28,878	20,045	15,742	14,244	14,334	14,623
Russian Federation	609,999	400,201	378,108	307,221	291,437	273,304	284,765	278,201	333,426	375,823	365,880
Slovakia	-	-	-	2,773	3,550	3,636	2,410	2,688	2,062	2,263	3,142
Slovenia	...	...	1,005	950	1,001	1,019	1,009	1,070	1,006	1,330	1,293
Ukraine	117,132	84,500	91,468	79,044	57,802	41,815	41,777	36,028	33,217	38,344	35,219
Yugoslavia SFR	24,447	12,200	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of	...	...	7,410	6,169	6,492	6,166	6,543	6,986	8,752	4,255	3,508
Total	964,421	679,031	659,286	555,774	516,402	472,137	471,150	448,337	504,353	560,146	551,673

Capture fishery production from inland waters (tonnes)- Eastern Europe

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Albania	1,696	802	916	850	700	252	357	180	823	814	955
Belarus	2,988	793	1,507	2,993	786	715	821	499	457	514	553
Bosnia and Herzegovina	...	...	2,000	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500
Bulgaria	1,627	1,456	1,611	1,675	995	762	1,127	1,881	2,336	2,475	861
Croatia	...	...	198	284	340	364	434	408	400	410	417
Czech Republic	...	...	...	3,185	3,955	3,929	3,524	3,321	3,952	4,190	4,654
Czechoslovakia	4,304	4,300	4,350	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Estonia	4,552	1,870	3,509	2,411	1,909	2,366	2,361	2,439	3,878	3,108	3,190
Hungary	16,234	8,445	8,678	7,886	8,307	7,314	7,606	7,406	7,265	7,514	7,101
Latvia	133	544	551	553	495	514	536	544	501	610	612
Lithuania	5,970	2,462	1,522	1,146	1,187	1,260	1,295	1,713	1,737	1,715	1,911
Macedonia, Fmr Yug Rp of	...	...	195	164	196	208	78	130	131	135	208
Moldova, Republic of	2,331	47	410	630	708	709	603	569	491	129	151
Poland	18,600	18,500	20,950	31,391	27,500	24,889	22,037	13,832	13,236	13,875	17,543
Romania	13,236	10,988	9,890	8,562	10,598	9,048	6,145	4,574	4,630	5,336	4,896
Russian Federation	356,114	289,331	275,125	216,866	217,950	212,874	233,272	227,091	271,311	307,823	292,368
Slovakia	...	...	...	1,185	1,689	2,019	1,456	1,434	1,414	1,391	2,255
Slovenia	...	...	293	297	317	292	265	280	251	226	229
Ukraine	35,493	31,252	24,801	13,189	14,786	6,847	9,468	6,215	4,885	4,538	4,260
Yugoslavia SFR	12,404	6,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of	...	...	5,111	3,797	3,912	3,803	3,653	3,500	2,200	828	672
Total	475,682	376,790	361,617	299,564	298,830	280,665	297,538	278,516	322,398	358,131	345,336

Aquaculture production from inland waters (tonnes)- Eastern Europe

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Albania	518	197	116	115	102	40	73	7	16	105	105
Belarus	16,638	14,750	8,415	7,018	6,934	5,463	6,038	4,322	4,727	5,289	6,716
Bulgaria	7,849	7,798	8,132	7,897	6,100	4,350	4,685	5,370	4,160	7,680	3,644
Croatia	...	...	6,138	4,158	4,413	3,432	2,379	2,725	3,205	3,307	3,391
Czech Republic	...	...	...	20,242	18,655	18,679	18,200	17,560	17,231	18,775	19,475
Czechoslovakia	22,326	22,046	24,135	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Estonia	849	1,067	533	164	261	165	272	260	260	200	225
Hungary	17,600	14,434	14,230	9,492	9,899	9,360	8,080	9,334	10,222	11,947	12,886
Latvia	2,235	2,685	641	339	560	525	380	345	425	468	325
Lithuania	4,666	4,792	3,899	2,907	1,874	1,714	1,537	1,516	1,516	1,650	1,996
Macedonia, Fmr Yug Rp of	...	...	1,014	1,071	1,034	1,297	911	879	1,257	1,669	1,626
Moldova, Republic of	7,141	5,124	2,935	2,275	1,212	1,401	1,067	1,202	1,129	1,007	1,168
Poland	26,400	29,500	30,200	18,609	24,500	25,111	27,700	28,680	29,791	33,711	35,795
Romania	34,950	29,530	24,620	21,100	20,400	19,830	13,900	11,168	9,614	8,998	9,727
Russian Federation	253,885	110,870	102,983	90,355	73,487	60,430	51,493	51,110	62,115	68,000	73,512
Slovakia	-	-	-	1,588	1,861	1,617	954	1,254	648	872	887
Slovenia	...	...	712	653	684	727	744	790	755	1,104	1,064
Ukraine	81,639	53,248	66,667	65,855	43,016	34,968	32,309	29,813	28,332	33,806	30,959
Yugoslavia SFR	12,043	6,200	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of	...	...	2,299	2,372	2,580	2,363	2,890	3,486	6,552	3,427	2,836
Total	488,739	302,241	297,669	256,210	217,572	191,472	173,612	169,821	181,955	202,015	206,337

In contrast to Eastern Europe total inland fisheries production in Western Europe has been more stable for most of the period under review. After a moderate but constant growth, which peaked at 462,000 tonnes in 1997, it has been slightly declining. Production in 2000 was 5.7% below that maximum, yet 12.4% above production ten years before.

Total production from inland waters (tonnes)- Western Europe

Country	1990		Country	2000
Finland	54,679		Turkey	86,209
Germany	54,271		Germany	58,518
Italy	54,150		France	56,209
France	50,155		Italy	53,315
Turkey	41,552		Spain	42,255
Denmark	35,842		Finland	39,003
Spain	31,823		Denmark	36,528
Israel	16,667		Israel	19,036
United Kingdom	16,584		United Kingdom	11,874
Greece	5,937		Netherlands	8,619
Sweden	5,923		Greece	6,279
Switzerland	4,228		Sweden	4,271
Netherlands	3,836		Austria	3,706
Austria	3,659		Switzerland	2,759
Ireland	3,641		Belgium	2,152
Portugal	2,387		Ireland	2,078
Belgium	1,186		Portugal	1,293
Iceland	789		Iceland	1,137
Norway	483		Norway	578
Cyprus	73		Cyprus	156
Total	387,865		Total	435,975

During the decade under review, Finland and Italy lost there ranked position as first and third largest producers. Whereas Italian production has been fairly stable, and Italy was the fourth largest producer in 2000, Finland production has continued to decrease to a low of 39,000 tonnes in 2000. Increases in production since the early 90s in Turkey, Germany, and France to 86,200 tonnes, 58,500 tonnes and 56,200 tonnes respectively, resulted in these countries being ranked the top three in 2000. While production in Turkey doubled, the other two top countries are currently producing less than a few years ago (France 2000 production was 20% below the record 69,700 tonnes in 1997, while Germany production peaked at 62,000 tonnes in 1995). Spain, with 42,200 tonnes reported an increase of nearly 33% compared to the level of production in 1990.

Inland capture fisheries output however, which had been fairly stable at about 143,000-148,000 tonnes until 1995, has been declining since that year and reached a low of 133,000 tonnes in 2000.

Capture fishery production from inland waters (tonnes)- Western Europe

Country	1990		Country	2000
Finland	49,310		Turkey	42,824
Turkey	37,204		Finland	36,813
Italy	12,850		Germany	22,868
Spain	10,922		Spain	8,710
Germany	10,731		Italy	4,565
Greece	3,650		Greece	3,433
France	3,500		Netherlands	2,280
Switzerland	3,158		France	2,131
Ireland	2,936		Israel	1,852
United Kingdom	2,666		United Kingdom	1,676
Netherlands	2,586		Switzerland	1,659
Israel	2,113		Sweden	1,459
Sweden	2,068		Ireland	961
Iceland	676		Austria	859
Austria	533		Norway	578
Belgium	511		Belgium	511
Norway	483		Denmark	183
Denmark	396		Iceland	176
Cyprus	-		Cyprus	78
Total	146,293		Total	133,616

This overall trend has been strongly influenced by the decline in production in Finland and Italy. The steady recent decline in catches in some countries such as France, Switzerland, UK, Ireland and Sweden continued into 2000 as did the significant reported increases in production in Germany, stable at 22,000 since 1995. As already indicated above for some Eastern European countries, also the increase in Germany was attributable to changes in statistical reporting, with the inclusion of recreational fisheries into the production total since 1995. In other countries in Western Europe the non-inclusion of recreational fisheries underestimates the contribution of inland capture fisheries production. It is estimated that recreational fishermen contribute on average 113,000 tonnes of fish annually for domestic own consumption.

Aquaculture production from inland waters has been increasing steadily until 1997 when it peaked to nearly 304,000 tonnes; since then it has been fairly stable at around 300,000 tonnes, which compare with 241,500 tonnes in 1990.

Aquaculture production from inland waters (tonnes)- Western Europe

Country	1990		Country	2000
France	46,655		France	54,078
Germany	43,540		Italy	48,750
Italy	41,300		Turkey	43,385
Denmark	35,446		Denmark	36,345
Spain	20,901		Germany	35,650
Israel	14,554		Spain	33,545
United Kingdom	13,918		Israel	17,184
Finland	5,369		United Kingdom	10,198
Turkey	4,348		Netherlands	6,339
Sweden	3,855		Austria	2,847
Austria	3,126		Greece	2,846
Portugal	2,387		Sweden	2,812
Greece	2,287		Finland	2,190
Netherlands	1,250		Belgium	1,641
Switzerland	1,070		Portugal	1,293
Ireland	705		Ireland	1,117
Belgium	675		Switzerland	1,100
Iceland	113		Iceland	961
Cyprus	73		Cyprus	78
Total	241,572		Total	302,359

Major increases in Western Europe continued to come from Turkey, and also Spain, France, Israel, Italy, and Netherlands; such increases were partly off-set by decreases in production of Germany, the U.K., Finland, and to a lesser extent Sweden and Portugal. Other countries showed slight increases in absolute terms.

Total production from inland waters (tonnes)- Western Europe

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Austria	3,659	3,640	3,624	3,565	3,494	3,325	3,402	3,486	3,363	3,502	3,706
Belgium	1,186	1,357	1,357	1,357	1,357	1,357	1,457	1,357	1,357	2,133	2,152
Cyprus	73	67	94	92	86	163	169	175	170	136	156
Denmark	35,842	36,521	37,119	32,224	36,342	37,646	34,318	34,077	35,628	35,823	36,528
Finland	54,679	53,181	54,643	55,361	51,262	51,899	50,659	51,079	39,679	39,544	39,003
France	50,155	51,510	56,460	61,175	63,435	64,030	67,875	69,617	62,536	54,675	56,209
Germany	54,271	47,341	48,205	48,937	48,208	61,987	59,987	59,916	58,616	58,368	58,518
Greece	5,937	4,392	5,116	5,444	6,327	5,910	6,139	6,017	5,916	6,462	6,279
Iceland	789	1,063	1,285	1,473	1,272	1,599	1,463	1,549	1,521	1,331	1,137
Ireland	3,641	3,783	3,956	3,835	4,458	4,764	4,966	4,905	5,201	2,044	2,078
Israel	16,667	17,252	14,371	15,262	16,062	16,464	18,699	18,147	18,818	18,514	19,036
Italy	54,150	55,287	56,025	58,910	62,796	65,215	59,764	63,190	57,267	54,286	53,315
Netherlands	3,836	4,793	3,557	3,951	4,843	6,861	6,407	6,000	5,729	7,074	8,619
Norway	483	541	580	435	432	413	338	439	507	514	578
Portugal	2,387	2,360	1,312	1,438	2,188	985	1,354	1,255	1,271	1,259	1,293
Spain	31,823	31,321	27,687	29,304	26,733	31,093	33,930	38,005	39,109	39,117	42,255
Sweden	5,923	5,517	5,556	5,203	5,206	5,044	5,005	5,129	4,582	4,625	4,271
Switzerland	4,228	4,829	3,945	2,957	2,716	2,749	3,002	3,009	2,959	2,975	2,759
Turkey	41,552	43,916	47,055	52,193	52,332	61,089	67,560	77,760	87,790	87,960	86,209
United Kingdom	16,584	16,473	17,287	16,041	18,560	18,763	18,741	17,433	17,899	17,788	11,874
Total	387,865	385,144	389,234	399,157	408,109	441,356	445,235	462,545	449,918	438,130	435,975

Capture fishery production from inland waters (tonnes)- Western Europe

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Austria	533	500	479	420	388	404	450	465	451	432	859
Belgium	511	511	511	511	511	511	511	511	511	536	511
Cyprus	...	...	...	...	5	65	64	70	70	70	78
Denmark	396	381	653	337	243	264	196	232	349	206	183
Finland	49,310	49,108	51,407	51,522	47,895	48,436	47,618	47,618	36,813	36,813	36,813
France	3,500	4,000	4,350	4,400	4,450	4,500	4,540	4,540	4,500	2,134	2,131
Germany	10,731	9,041	8,770	10,837	10,908	22,987	22,987	22,916	22,916	22,868	22,868
Greece	3,650	2,274	2,370	2,960	3,452	3,606	2,903	2,601	2,818	3,280	3,433
Iceland	676	756	886	907	698	739	608	404	416	370	176
Ireland	2,936	2,938	2,991	2,929	3,604	3,761	3,806	3,804	3,976	865	961
Israel	2,113	2,221	2,214	1,813	1,478	1,214	1,845	1,476	2,164	2,145	1,852
Italy	12,850	9,212	9,075	9,515	9,921	10,035	6,764	6,690	4,667	5,436	4,565
Netherlands	2,586	3,493	2,287	1,601	2,446	4,107	2,157	2,293	1,547	2,303	2,280
Norway	483	541	580	435	432	413	338	439	507	514	578
Portugal	0	0	3	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	10,922	10,707	8,796	9,215	6,284	8,869	8,710	8,710	8,710	8,710	8,710
Sweden	2,068	2,135	2,308	2,273	2,254	1,934	1,810	2,011	1,559	1,478	1,459
Switzerland	3,158	3,599	2,715	1,822	1,481	1,588	1,841	1,859	1,809	1,840	1,659
Turkey	37,204	39,368	40,495	44,801	45,067	47,976	49,600	50,460	54,500	50,190	42,824
United Kingdom	2,666	2,057	2,035	1,909	2,191	2,146	1,930	1,483	1,838	1,704	1,676
Total	146,293	142,842	142,925	148,210	143,712	163,557	158,678	158,582	150,121	141,894	133,616

Aquaculture production from inland waters (tonnes)- Western Europe

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Austria	3,126	3,140	3,145	3,145	3,106	2,921	2,952	3,021	2,912	3,070	2,847
Belgium	675	846	846	846	846	846	946	846	846	1,597	1,641
Cyprus	73	67	94	92	81	98	105	105	100	66	78
Denmark	35,446	36,140	36,466	31,887	36,099	37,382	34,122	33,845	35,279	35,617	36,345
Finland	5,369	4,073	3,236	3,839	3,367	3,463	3,041	3,461	2,866	2,731	2,190
France	46,655	47,510	52,110	56,775	58,985	59,530	63,335	65,077	58,036	52,541	54,078
Germany	43,540	38,300	39,435	38,100	37,300	39,000	37,000	37,000	35,700	35,500	35,650
Greece	2,287	2,118	2,746	2,484	2,875	2,304	3,236	3,416	3,098	3,182	2,846
Iceland	113	307	399	566	574	860	855	1,145	1,105	961	961
Ireland	705	845	965	906	854	1,003	1,160	1,101	1,225	1,179	1,117
Israel	14,554	15,031	12,157	13,449	14,584	15,250	16,854	16,671	16,654	16,369	17,184
Italy	41,300	46,075	46,950	49,395	52,875	55,180	53,000	56,500	52,600	48,850	48,750
Netherlands	1,250	1,300	1,270	2,350	2,397	2,754	4,250	3,707	4,182	4,771	6,339
Portugal	2,387	2,360	1,309	1,435	2,184	983	1,354	1,255	1,271	1,259	1,293
Spain	20,901	20,614	18,891	20,089	20,449	22,224	25,220	29,295	30,399	30,407	33,545
Sweden	3,855	3,382	3,248	2,930	2,952	3,110	3,195	3,118	3,023	3,147	2,812
Switzerland	1,070	1,230	1,230	1,135	1,235	1,161	1,161	1,150	1,150	1,135	1,100
Turkey	4,348	4,548	6,560	7,392	7,265	13,113	17,960	27,300	33,290	37,770	43,385
United Kingdom	13,918	14,416	15,252	14,132	16,369	16,617	16,811	15,950	16,061	16,084	10,198
Total	241,572	242,302	246,309	250,947	264,397	277,799	286,557	303,963	299,797	296,236	302,359

Aquaculture in Eastern Europe continues to be heavily dependent on cyprinids, principally Cyprinus carpio.

Species composition of aquaculture in 2000 - Eastern Europe

Much of the farming in Eastern Europe is based on C. carpio and salmonids for stocking in support of capture and recreational fisheries in natural and artificial waters. In 2000 cyprinids accounted for 84% of farmed output.

In contrast with Eastern Europe the major-farmed group is the salmonids with rainbow trout as the major species of choice.

Species composition of aquaculture in 2000 - Western Europe

A greater variety of species are cultured in Western Europe with a trend to supply a more specialist markets and greater experimentation. In contrast to Eastern Europe culture of salmonids dominates Western Europe aquaculture production; in 2000 that group accounted for nearly 82% of farmed output. Production of cyprinids and eels represented respectively the second and third largest outputs in terms of volume, and their combined output accounted for 13% of the total volume produced.

Inland capture fisheries in Eastern Europe are heavily dependant on cyprinids possibly due to the more homogeneous aquatic environments which are mainly eutrophic lowland lakes and potamonic, high order river plains. In 2000 the largest segment of production was of diadromous clupeoids (Azov sea sprat). A significant proportion of the total catches is not identified to the species level in statistical reporting. In 2000 the total inland catch not identified at species level accounted for around 26% of total; within this amount, about 11% was generically reported as unidentified freshwater catches.

Species composition of capture fisheries in 2000 - Eastern Europe

Greater market opportunities, greater range in climatic and landscapes in the region have all contributed to a larger variety of species being harvested. Catches by anglers, many of which are from catch and return recreational fisheries are not included in these figures.

Species composition of capture fisheries in 2000 - Western Europe

Contribution of introduced aquatic organisms to European production in 2000

Introduced species contribute a high proportion of the fish caught within the European Region and the choice of these candidate species for culture contrasts between the two sub-regions. In Western Europe introduced species constitute 70% of total aquaculture output whereas in Eastern Europe this only represents 31% of total cultured output. The introduced O. Mykiss accounts for the major part of culture in Western Europe. Eastern Europe heavily depends on C. Carpio for culture. This species is widespread all over Europe and given that they have been introduced in ancient times it could be considered native. The use of Asiatic carps for culture has a long history in Eastern Europe and some have now become established or stocked into natural water bodies in support of capture fishery.

Major introduced species in European catches