On 29 November, the European Commission announced that it has approved Spain’s operational program for the expenditure of its part of the European Maritime and Fisheries and Fisheries Fund Fempa. The country is expected to have a total of 1,570 million euros by 2027. and especially with the idea of trying to improve the performance of games from previous eras, it’s clear how to spend them. On this occasion, water culture It will play an even more leading role in line with the strategic guidelines for brands by the European Union itself. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food predicts that this sector will significantly increase its role in the coming years and calculates that by 2027 the turnover should increase by approximately 25% and exceed 700 million Euros. for him, Studies will be carried out to increase production over 345,000 tons of products.expanding some of the least exploited sectors (fish in the sea or cages for breeding on land) and maintaining stability in those most prevalent by communities such as Galicia (rafts or shellfish banks).
In the past weeks, the Ministry has published ‘Spain’s Contribution to the Strategic Guidelines 2021-2030 for a more sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture’, a document in which it initially analyzes the current state of the sector in the country. Total, 45 different types are produced with 5,572 establishments established.Producing more than 297,000 tonnes of product between 2014 and 2020 (the period of the previous European fisheries fund) with an annual average value exceeding 568 million euros. With all this, a total of 12,000 direct jobs are created. “More than 90% of offshore and sea-land facilities are located in Galicia,” the document recalls.
However, despite the large current role of the Galician community in the industry, the document prepared by Pesca – with data from the communities’ aquaculture authorities and three sectoral organisations – predicts that the increases will occur mainly in the “aquaculture marina del”. P. Vasco, Canarias, R. Murcia, C. Valenciana, Extremadura, Navarra, Catalonia and Andalusia” and “In continental aquaculture in Catalonia”.
Analysis by species, Production of mollusks (with rafts or culture banks) in Galicia will cease until 2027With an average production of 228,000 tons (-0.05%), “first sale value increased by 4.83%” to 142.2 million. “In Galicia, sales value is expected to increase with stability in production due to the improvement in the added value of the product. In Andalusia, a decrease in production and value is expected,” he gathers analysis.
When it comes to fish farming, production at sea (sea bream, sea bass, corvina or tuna) will show the best predicted performance.While it will grow by 89.92% (99.000 tons), its value will grow by 33.97% (504.2 million tons). Canarias, C. Valenciana and R. Murcia will have “very significant increases”. After landing, the production and value of fish ( turbot, sole, trout…) will reach an average of 17,750 tons and value 56.9 million, with a “moderate” increase of just over 5% in both cases.
Although there are significant increases in crustaceans and algae, lower figures are observed.. In the first case, “a significant production increase of 66.61% and a very significant value of 176.85% is expected” with 343.7 tons and 3.05 million; in the latter, the increase in macroalgae production and higher value microalgae will result in 15.57% more quantities (10,966 tons) and 108.42% higher commercial value (3.4 million).
Revenue improvement, more producer organizations and lower carbon footprint
The overall report by Fisheries for Aquaculture this decade is ambitious and positive. yes ok identifies problems such as the sector’s “not showing interest in the young population”.The “need for large investments” in facilities or the high “economic impact” of animal diseases also predict major developments in the coming years.
Beyond good numbers in terms of production, In the Perspectives section, the document reflects that “an improvement in aquaculture revenue” is expected., but the development of intermediate costs (raw materials or energy) may “condition” these results. Likewise, “a positive trend in full-time jobs” is expected. An increase in the number of women working in aquaculture and “more involvement in all kinds of work” are expected.
On the other hand, through Fempa, it foresees the “strengthening” of producer organizations (OP) and “increasing the number of associates” as well as the creation of new POs to add to existing ones.
on environmental issues, The carbon footprint of this industry is expected to continue to decrease and the food used with new raw materials to improve.. Also, “the greater contribution of aquaculture to the well-being of water, the recovery of ecosystems and species, and the preservation of biodiversity.”
They also count on further improvements from Pesca in the industry’s control system or “implementing new traceability systems for marketed products” or “improving the health management of farms”.
In terms of R&D or research, it is committed to increasing “synergies and complementarities between different financing instruments” and “improvements in the efficiency, information processing and accessibility of data collection systems”.