Belgian sea fishing recovers in 2022

Belgian sea fishing is therefore continuing its 2021 recovery after a strongly divergent year 2020. In that year, as a result of the Covid-19 crisis, both exports and sales to local markets and the horeca sector were severely disrupted. Since then, it has been noted that Belgian ships are again offering more fish in Belgian ports and less abroad. This is partly due to the decrease in quotas in other European ports, for example the cut in cod quotas in Denmark.In addition, increases in costs and food prices lead to higher prices. The ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend account for 97% of landings The quantity of fish landed and sold remains the largest in the port of Zeebrugge, with 50.6% of all fish. The share of the port of Ostend went from 41.9% to 46.8%. The port of Nieuwpoort has a limited share of 2.6%. Record landings of shrimps In 2022, landings of shrimps reached a record level of 855 tonnes, i.e. an increase of 136.2%, with a price essentially unchanged (5.4 euros per kg). Sole ...