Seafood Industry Integration in All EU Member States with a Coastline
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STUDY Requested by the PECH committee Seafood industry integration in all EU Member States with a coastline Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies Directorate-General for Internal Policies PE 629.176 - October 2018 EN RESEARCH FOR PECH COMMITTEE Seafood industry integration in all EU Member States with a coastline Abstract This study researched the drivers and mechanisms of both structural and non-structural horizontal and vertical integration in the seafood industry in all Member States with a coastline. The objective of the study was to identify trends among the Member States. The observed trends generally fall into three broad, inter-linked categories: regulatory environment, natural resources and firm performance. This document was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries. AUTHORS Profundo: Ward Warmerdam, Barbara Kuepper, Jeroen Walstra, Mara Werkman, Milena Levicharova, Linnea Wikström MRAG: Daniel Skerrit, Laura Enthoven Robin Davies Consulting: Robin Davies Research managers: Priit Ojamaa, Carmen-Paz Martí Project and publication assistance: Adrienn Borka, Mariana Vaclacova, Marcus Breuer Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies, European Parliament LINGUISTIC VERSIONS Original: EN ABOUT THE PUBLISHER To contact the Policy Department or to subscribe to updates on our work for the PECH Committee please write to: [email protected] Manuscript completed in October 2018, rev. edition December 2019 © European Union, 2019 This document is available on the internet in summary with option to download the full text at: http://bit.ly/2rzAZQh This document is available on the internet at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=IPOL_STU(2018)629176 Further information on research for PECH by the Policy Department is available at: https://research4committees.blog/pech/ Follow us on Twitter: @PolicyPECH Please use the following reference to cite this study: Warmerdam, W, Kuepper, B, Walstra, J, Werkman, M, Levicharova, M, Wikström, L, Skerrit, D, Enthoven, L & Davies, R (2018), Research for PECH Committee – Seafood industry integration in all EU Member States with a coastline, European Parliament, Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies, Brussels. Please use the following reference for in-text citations: Warmerdam et al. (2018) DISCLAIMER The opinions expressed in this document are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of the European Parliament. Reproduction and translation for non-commercial purposes are authorized, provided the source is acknowledged and the publisher is given prior notice and sent a copy. © Cover image used under licence from Shutterstock.com Seafood industry integration in all EU Member States with a coastline _________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 7 LIST OF TABLES 7 LIST OF FIGURES 10 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 15 1. METHODOLOGY 19 1.1. Definitions of integration 19 2. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS 21 2.1. Data 21 2.2. Definitions of integration used in model 23 2.3. Empirical analysis 25 2.4. Results 25 3. BELGIUM 31 3.1. Composition of the Belgian seafood sector 31 3.2. Producer organisations 33 3.3. Company analysis 33 3.4. Integration 37 4. BULGARIA 39 4.1. Composition of the Bulgarian seafood sector 39 4.2. Producer organisations 41 4.3. Company analysis 42 4.4. Integration 46 5. CROATIA 49 5.1. Composition of the Croatian seafood sector 49 5.2. Producer organisations 50 5.3. Company analysis 51 5.4. Integration 53 6. CYPRUS 55 6.1. Composition of the Cypriot seafood sector 55 6.2. Producer organisations 57 6.3. Company analysis 57 6.4. Integration 58 3 Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies _________________________________________________________________ 7. DENMARK 61 7.1. Composition of the Danish seafood sector 61 7.2. Producer organisations 64 7.3. Company analysis 66 7.4. Integration 74 8. ESTONIA 77 8.1. Composition of the Estonian seafood sector 77 8.2. Producer organisations 79 8.3. Company analysis 80 8.4. Integration 92 9. FINLAND 95 9.1. Composition of Finnish seafood sector 95 9.2. Producer organisations 97 9.3. Company analysis 98 9.4. Integration 105 10. FRANCE 107 10.1. Composition of the French seafood sector 107 10.2. Producer organisations 109 10.3. Company analysis 110 10.4. Integration 115 11. GERMANY 117 11.1. Composition of the German seafood sector 117 11.2. Producer organisations 122 11.3. Company analysis 123 11.4. Integration 132 12. GREECE 137 12.1. Composition of the Greek seafood sector 137 12.2. Producer organisations 139 12.3. Company analysis 139 12.4. Integration 140 13. IRELAND 141 13.1. Composition of the Irish seafood sector 141 13.2. Producer organisations 144 13.3. Company analysis 146 13.4. Integration 149 4 Seafood industry integration in all EU Member States with a coastline _________________________________________________________________________ 14. ITALY 151 14.1. Composition of the Italian seafood sector 151 14.2. Producer organisations 154 14.3. Company analysis 156 14.4. Integration 162 15. LATVIA 165 15.1. Composition of the Latvian seafood sector 165 15.2. Producer organisations 167 15.3. Company analysis 167 15.4. Integration 173 16. LITHUANIA 175 16.1. Composition of the Lithuanian seafood sector 175 16.2. Producer organisations 176 16.3. Company analysis 177 16.4. Integration 183 17. MALTA 185 17.1. Composition of the Maltese seafood sector 185 17.2. Producer organisations 186 17.3. Company analysis 186 17.4. Integration 188 18. NETHERLANDS 189 18.1. Composition of the Dutch seafood sector 189 18.2. Producer organisations 191 18.3. Company analysis 192 18.4. Integration 201 19. POLAND 205 19.1. Composition of the Polish seafood sector 205 19.2. Producer organisations 207 19.3. Company analysis 208 19.4. Integration 214 20. PORTUGAL 215 20.1. Composition of Portuguese seafood sector 215 20.2. Producer organisations 217 20.3. Company analysis 218 20.4. Integration 223 5 Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies _________________________________________________________________ 21. ROMANIA 225 21.1. Composition of Romanian seafood sector 225 21.2. Producer organisations 227 21.3. Company analysis 227 21.4. Integration 229 22. SLOVENIA 231 22.1. Composition of the Slovenian seafood sector 231 22.2. Producer organisations 233 22.3. Company analysis 233 22.4. Integration 234 23. SPAIN 235 23.1. Composition of the Spanish seafood sector 235 23.2. Producer organisations 237 23.3. Company analysis 239 23.4. Integration 249 24. SWEDEN 251 24.1. Composition of the Swedish seafood sector 251 24.2. Producer organisations 253 24.3. Company analysis 254 24.4. Integration 259 25. UNITED KINGDOM 261 25.1. Composition of UK seafood sector 261 25.2. Producer organisations 264 25.3. Company analysis 265 25.4. Integration 276 26. CONCLUSION 279 26.1. Regulatory environment 282 26.2. Natural resources 284 26.3. Firm performance 286 26.4. Conclusion 286 27. RECOMMENDATIONS 289 REFERENCES 291 ANNEX 315 6 Seafood industry integration in all EU Member States with a coastline _________________________________________________________________________ LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CFP Common Fisheries Policy ITQ Individual Transferrable Quota PO Producer organisation TAC Total Allowable Catch LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Fleet economic performance data, STECF – Summary statistics 22 Table 2: Fishing fleet register, FFR – Summary statistics 23 Table 3: Integration indicators example 24 Table 4: Applied measures for the effect of integration by category 25 Table 5: Employment – parameters estimation 27 Table 6: Income – parameters estimation 28 Table 7: Vessel productivity – parameters estimation 29 Table 8: Sector productivity – parameters estimation 30 Table 9: Belgian seafood sector key figures 31 Table 10: Belgium and Luxembourg: Fish product retail composition 33 Table 11: Companies/families with more than one vessel 34 Table 12: Foreign ownership of Belgian fish catching companies 35 Table 13: Bulgarian seafood sector key figures 39 Table 14: Bulgaria: Fish product retail composition 41 Table 15: Croatian seafood sector key figures 49 Table 16: Croatia: Recognized producer organisations 50 Table 17: Cypriot seafood sector key figures 55 Table 18: Danish seafood sector key figures 62 Table 19: Denmark: Fish product retail composition 63 Table 20: Members of Danmarks Pelagiske Producentorganisation 64 Table 21: Members of Danmarks Fiskeriforening Producentorganisation 65 Table 22: Estonian seafood sector key figures 77 Table 23: Estonia: Recognized producer organisations 79 Table 24: Baltic trawl catch by company (tonnes) 81 Table 25: Baltic trawl catch by parent company (tonnes) 81 Table 26: Baltic coastal catch by company (tonnes) 90 Table 27: Finnish seafood sector key figures 95 Table 28: Finland: Fish product retail composition 97 7 Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies _________________________________________________________________ Table 29: French seafood sector key figures 107 Table 30: France: Fish product retail composition 109 Table 31: France: Recognized producer organisations 109 Table 32: German seafood sector key figures 118 Table 33: Domestic and foreign landings of the German fishery sector (2016) 120 Table 34: Germany: Fish product retail composition 122 Table 35: Germany: Recognized producer organisations 122 Table 36: DFFU high-seas fishing vessels, Germany 124 Table 37: Parlevliet & Van der Plas high-seas fishing