Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Fisheries and for a world without hunger Aquaculture Department Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profiles The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Part I Statistics and main indicators 1. Country brief 2. General geographic and economic indicators 3. FAO Fisheries statistics The Profile (2004) Additional information 2. FAO Thematic data bases 3. Publications Source of information 4. Meetings & News archive United Nations Geospatial Information Section http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm Imagery for continents and oceans reproduced from GEBCO, www.gebco.net Part I Statistics and main indicators Part I of the Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profile is compiled using the most up-to-date information available from the FAO Country briefs and Statistics programmes at the time of publication. The Country Brief and the FAO Fisheries Statistics provided in Part I may, however, have been prepared at different times, which would explain any inconsistencies. Country brief Updated 12-2016 The United Kingdom (UK) is one of the major fisheries and aquaculture nations in Europe. Total capture production by the UK in 2015 was about 705 000 tonnes, worth about USD 807 million with a fleet of 6 279 vessels. Inland waters are mainly exploited for recreational purposes and contribute little (747 tonnes) to domestic food supplies.Aquaculture production stands at 206 834 tonnes in 2015 and forms an important part of the UK seafood industry. Aquaculture production is dominated by Atlantic salmon, followed by marine molluscs and rainbow trout, while many other species are farmed in small volume. Employment in the sector was reported as 3 310, with 12% of the workforce women in 2014. In 2015, total employment was estimated at 12 107 people, with 2 000 of these employed part time. Sex- FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department disaggregated data was not supplied. Employment has being decreased decrease in the last decades, with the total number of employed persons falling by just 6 % since 2005. The major factors causing the employment drop relate to the declining number of fishing vessels and a continued substitution of labour capital.Impressive productivity gains achieved over the last decade reflect innovations in production technology and biology as well as the increasing importance of economies of scale. The UK is a net importer of fish and fishery products and USD 4.1 billion of fish and fishery products were imported in 2015. In the same year, total exports of fish and fishery products were worth USD 2.5 billion. In 2013, fish consumption per capita per year was estimated at 20.8 kg. Over the period from 2007 to 2016, fish retail prices have increased by 28%2. Managing fisheries is a devolved responsibility within the country and carried out by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (England), the Scottish Executive (Scotland), the Welsh Assembly Government (Wales) and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland. The Operational Programme (OP) "Fisheries and Maritime 2014-2020" for support from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) in the UK aims at achieving key national development priorities along with the "Europe 2020" objectives. The OP addresses the general reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the development of the Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP). For that, the European Commission has adopted a key investment package for the UK's maritime sector and especially its fisheries and aquaculture industry. Roughly USD3 329 million will be made available under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund for that period (2014-2020), from which UDS3 258 million are EU funds. The UK is Party to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the UN Fish Stocks Agreement. The UK has transferred competence to the European Community in respect of certain matters governed by the Agreement. Through the European Community, the UK is Party to the 1993 FAO Compliance Agreement. Membership in Regional Fishery Bodies Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) International Whaling Commission (IWC) Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) General geographic and economic indicators Table 1 - General Geographic and Economic Data – United Kingdom Source 10 525 Shelf area Sea around us: http://www.seaaroundus.org/ km2 European Commission: Length of continental 18 000 km FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department continental 18 000 km http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/sites/fisheries/files/docs/body/op- coastline united-kingdom-fact-sheet_en.pdf European Commission: Fisheries GVA USD1 515 (2013) million http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/sites/fisheries/files/docs/body/op- united-kingdom-fact-sheet_en.pdf *Value converted by FAO as per UN currency exchange rate (1) UN Operational Rates of Exchange (1st Dec 2016) Source Country area 243 610 km2 FAOSTAT. 2013 Land area 241 930 km2 FAOSTAT. 2013 Inland water area 1 680 km2 Computed. 2013 Population - Est. & Proj. 65.303 millions FAOSTAT. 2018 Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) area 3 224 820 km2 VLIZ GDP (current US$) 2 855 297 millions World Bank. 2018 GDP per capita (current US$) 42 944 US$ World Bank. 2018 Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.63 % of GDP World Bank. 2018 FAO Fisheries statistics Table 2 in this section is based on statistics prepared by the FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Unit and disseminated in 2016. The charts are based on the same source but these are automatically updated every year with the most recent statistics. 1980 1990 2000 2010 2013 2014 2015 EMPLOYMENT (thousands) 0.00 0.00 15.65 15.30 15.32 15.16 15.42 Aquaculture … … … 2.60 3.08 3.31 3.31 Capture … … 15.65 12.70 12.24 11.85 12.11 Inland … … … … … … … Marine 15.65 12.70 12.24 11.85 12.11 FLEET(thousands vessels) … … 7.65 6.42 6.40 6.38 6.19 Source: FAO Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics 1) Due to roundings total may not sum up FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Please Note:Fishery statistical data here presented exclude the production for marine mammals, crocodiles, corals, sponges, pearls, mother-of-pearl and aquatic plants. The Profile Updated 2004 This country profile provides statistics and indicators produced through FAO’s Statistics programmes, supplemented with information derived from national and other sources and valid at the time of compilation. Full text of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Country Profile available at http://www.fao.org/fishery/docs/DOCUMENT/fcp/en/FI_CP_UK.pdf Additional information FAO Thematic data bases FAO Country Profile Marine Resources reports (FIRMS) Alfonsino - Northeast Atlantic Alfonsino - South East Atlantic Anchovy - Bay of Biscay Anglerfish - Skagerrak, Kattegat, North Sea, West of Scotland and Rockall Anglerfish - Western Channel and Bay of Biscay Angler - Western Channel and Bay of Biscay Antarctic krill - Southwest Atlantic Antarctic toothfishes - South Sandwich Islands Antarctic toothfish - Southeast Atlantic Basking shark - Northeast Atlantic Beaked redfish - Iceland and Faroe grounds, North of Azores, East Greenland and Northwest Atlantic (deep slope) Beaked redfish - Iceland and Faroe grounds, North of Azores, East Greenland and Northwest Atlantic (upper slope) Black-mouth dogfish - Bay of Biscay and Portuguese Waters East Black-mouth dogfish - Rockall, Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland, Irish Sea, West of Ireland, Porcupine Bank, Eastern and Western English Channel, Celtic Sea and Southwest of Ireland Black Scabbardfish - Northeast Atlantic Blonde ray - Irish Sea, Bristol Channel and Celtic Sea North Blonde ray - Northern North Sea, Rockall, Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland Blonde ray - Western English Channel FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Blue Ling - Faroes Grounds, Rockall and Celtic shelf Blue Ling - Northeast Atlantic Blue Ling - Other areas of Northeast Atlantic Blue shark - North Atlantic Blue shark - South Atlantic Blue whiting - Northeast Atlantic Boarfish - Rockall, Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland, Irish Sea, West of Ireland, Porcupine Bank, Eastern and Western English Channel and Bay of Biscay Capelin - Barents and Norwegian Seas Capelin - Iceland and Faroes grounds, East Greenland and Jan Mayen area Cardinal Fish - South East Atlantic Clyde herring - West of Scotland Cod - Barents and Norwegian Seas (coastal waters) Cod - Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, Spitzbergen and Bear Island Cod - Faroe Bank Cod - Faroe Plateau Cod - Irish Sea Cod - North Sea, Eastern English Channel and Skagerrak Cod - Rockall Cod - Western English Channel, Bristol Channel, Celtic Sea and Southwest of Ireland Cod - West of Scotland Common skate - West of Scotland and Celtic Sea Cuckoo ray - Rockall, Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland, Irish Sea, West of Ireland, Porcupine Bank, English Channel, Bay of Biscay North and Central and Bay of Biscay Offshore Deep-sea red crab - South East Atlantic Deepwater Demersal Sharks - South East Atlantic Deep water Redfish - Rockall Bank and Reykjanes Ridge Dogtooth tuna - Maldives Elasmobranchs - Bay of Biscay and Iberian waters Elasmobranchs - Celtic