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Croatian Chamber of Economy Fishery Association
Aquaculture Affilation
NSPA – TAIEXZagreb, 25. – 27.09. 2013.
CROATIAN AQUACULTURE
Status and prospects
M. Božić - Fishery Association, President
Ž. Filić - Aquaculture Afilation, President
G. Markulin – Marinewater Commission, Head
E.Teskeredžić – Freshwater Commission, President
Z.Radan – General Secretary
Croatian Chamber of Economy Association of Fisheries
has 230 members who are engaged in aquaculture, fishing and fish processing and operate through three Affilation:
Aquaculture
Fishing Fish Processing
Aquaculture AFffilation includes companies that are professionally engaged in the production of marine fish,shallfish and freshwater fish:
carp farmstrout farmsmarine fish and shellfish culturefarms for of tuna culture
Croatian Chamber of EconomyAgriculture, Food Industry and Forestry Department
Fishery association
Aquaculture Affilation
Fishing Affilation
Processing Affilation
Management : Assembly Executive Committee Presidents Heads
Croatian Chamber of EconomyAgriculture, Food Industry and Forestry Department
Aquaculture Affilation
Commission for freshwater culture
Commission for marine culture
Section for carp
culture
Section for trout
culture
Section for white fish
culture (Sea bass &
bream culture
Section for blue
fish culture(Tuna)
Section for
Shellfish culture
Section for
Marine trout(in
establishing
Aquaculture production 2006 – 2012(tons/year)
Culture 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Fresh water fish culture
5113 4395 4458 5066 5048 5526 6504
Sea water fish culture
3450 3950 4500 5000 5200 4494 5000
Tuna culture 7722 5005 4545 4819 3980 3500 2025
Shellfish culture 4000 3500 3000 2100 2100 2100 2160
TOTAL 20285 16850 16503 16985 16328 15620 15689
Today, annually production is about 16,000 tonnes of aquaculture products of which:
6,504 tons of carp and trout,2,025 tonnes of tuna,5,000 tons of sea bass and sea bream2,160 tonnes of shellfish (mussels and oysters).
41%
32%
13%
14%Fresh watwer fish cul-tureSeawater fish cultureTuna cultureShallfish culture
CRO Aquaculrure-tradition
• Centuries-long tradition of shellfish farming• More than 120 years farming of freshwater fishes• In the last 30 years developing the farming of marine fish
species• In 1996. Croatia was the first in the Mediterranean started to
grow tuna
Mariculture CRO
Croatian mariculture is characterized by:
farming white marine fish (sea bass, sea bream and sheepshead) in the "in-shore" and "Semi off-shore" cages
tuna farming in the "offshore" cages shellfish (oysters and mussels) on ropes small farms, which establishment are followed of a relatively high capital
investment High production costs High feed conversion factor export orientation
RESOURCES AND NEEDS IN FISHERY
• Croatia underutilized natural resources in fisheries (45,000 t catch, 16,000 t aquaculture).
•Estimates of fishing capacity in the Croatian part of Adriatic Sea is about 100,000 tons •Estimated fish consumption in Croatia is only 9 kg / pc, and the world average is 16 kg / pc, EU 26 kg/pc
Number of companies, income, employees (2010)(without Artisans)
• Fishing – No of companies 125– Income 251 mil. Kn (33,5 million €)– No employees 865
• Aquaculture– No of companies 101– Income 591 mil. Kn (79 million €)– No employees 851
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AQUACULTURE
According to the strategic projections and available resources Croatia could achieve an annual production:
- freshwater fishes - 15,000+ tons- white marine fishes - 15,000 tons- shellfish farming - 20,000 tons- tuna farming (?) - 4,000 tons
What will require a program to increase production
improvement of positive political and economical frendly environment for development of aquaculture sector,
social acceptance and competitiveness of aquaculture
high investments – EU and national funds marketing strategy - increase in consumption
Simplify administrative procedures - access to space and licensing time compatibility between users of coastal areas - coordinated spatial planning multifunctional farms
promotion of environmental criteria - increasing the sustainability improvement of environmental friendly technology Introduction of modern farming technology, improvment of reproductive
centers - national program of selective breeding,
fishfeed
STRATEGY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (NN 89/02)
• The national program of fish production and consumption
• Operational Programme Development of Aquaculture
The main objectives of the program:
- To bring Croatia between leading countries of the Mediterranean in the field of marine fish and shellfish culture,
- increase total annual production of freshwater fish,
- achieve efficiency at the level of international competition and to respect the highest environmental and quality standards.
Commercial products
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