Monthly highlights : No. 8 / 2024

In July 2024 compared to July 2023, first-sales value increased in Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. In absolute terms the highest increase was observed in the Netherlands, due mainly to shrimp Crangon spp., common sole and red mullet. However, first sales fell in both volume and value in almost all reporting countries in the entire first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. Over the 36-month observation period (August 2021 to July 2024), the weighted average first-sales price of Atlantic salmon in France was 68,95 EUR/kg, 614% higher than in Finland (9,65 EUR/kg) and 854% higher compared to Sweden (7,23 EUR/kg). In 2024, the average monthly household consumption of fresh cod was 87 tonnes in Ireland, 3.247 tonnes in Spain and 31 tonnes in Sweden. Between weeks 34/2021 and 33/2024 prices of frozen fillets of Nile perch from the United Republic of Tanzania fluctuated following an increase and ranged between 3,55 EUR/kg (week 01/2023) and 7,90 EUR/kg (week 17/2022). 60% of weekly prices were between 5,00 EUR/kg and 7,00 EUR/kg. In 2022, Latvia produced 869 tonnes of aquaculture products, with efforts underway to modernize and expand the sector. Aquaculture production in the EU grew by 17% from 1992 to 2022, reaching 1,12 million tonnes in 2022. On 16 September 2024, the Commission adopted its proposal for fishing opportunities for 2025 for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.