Abstract
Aquaculture is an economic sector that has rapidly grown in recent years, due to European programs and the support provided for this activity. Given this accelerated development and the attention this sector receives on an international level, this paper focuses on identifying the growth factors in the sector and highlighting certain general aspects of its development in Romania, followed by an analysis of the available data on the exploitation of fishing resources in Suceava County in terms of performance.
Highlights
Fish farming and aquaculture in the European Union is one of the food production sectors that has developed at a rapid pace, supplying almost half of the fish and seafood quantities consumed worldwide (EC, 2013a)
The efforts of the European Commission have targeted a radical change in this sector (Damanaki, 2014), encouraging EU member states to develop multi-annual plans for promoting aquaculture through the exchange of best practices
There is a strategy directed at the fishing sector for the time span 2014-2020 (MARD, 2013a), which is aligned with European policies and with the open dialogue process with the interested partners, as set out by the Ministry of European Funds as coordinator of the programming of European funds granted during 2014-2020
Summary
Fish farming and aquaculture in the European Union is one of the food production sectors that has developed at a rapid pace, supplying almost half of the fish and seafood quantities consumed worldwide (EC, 2013a). European aquaculture provides high quality products, complying with environmental sustainability, animal health and consumer protection standards (EC, 2013b) Production in this sector has come to a standstill lately, contrasting with the rapid development being recorded in other regions of the world. Under these circumstances, the objectives of the European Commission for fish farming include the requirement that both activities are sustainable from an environmental, economic and social standpoint and that they provide healthy choices for EU citizens, as well as the fact that this is a dynamic sector whose development will create jobs and decent standards of living for fishermen (EC, 2013a). The efforts of the European Commission have targeted a radical change in this sector (Damanaki, 2014), encouraging EU member states to develop multi-annual plans for promoting aquaculture through the exchange of best practices
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