Spanish aquaculture feels stagnant despite the global potential of the sector

Published 2024년 11월 30일

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Spanish aquaculture companies are marking National Aquaculture Day on November 30, highlighting their need to grow due to high regulatory demands and unfair competition. The sector, which generates over 10,200 direct jobs in Spain, is seeking support to tap into the global potential of fish farming and trade. The sector faces challenges such as strict environmental regulations, climate change, and generational change. High competition, especially from countries where fish have to meet fewer requirements, is also a concern. Avramar, a Spanish division of a Greek-Spanish group, is looking for qualified personnel and faces inflation-related challenges. The company also seeks reciprocity in requirements for imported fish.

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Spanish aquaculture companies claim their need and potential to grow, on the occasion of the National Aquaculture Day, this November 30. Spanish aquaculture companies see their growth stagnant, which they attribute to high regulatory demands and unfair competition, and ask for support to take advantage of the global potential of fish farming and trade. Representatives of Spanish fish farming have declared to Efeagro, on the occasion of the National Aquaculture Day, which is celebrated this Saturday, that the sector has the ingredients to grow, but is "blocked". The Day, which coincides with the feast of San Andrés, was promoted by the OESA observatory of the Biodiversity Foundation - now of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition - to claim the value of aquaculture in rural and coastal areas. It generates more than 10,200 direct jobs in Spanish territory; 25% are women in production and 63% in processing, according to data released by the Aquaculture of Spain campaign. With ...

Source: PEefeagro