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

Thank You