The Fish Meal and Fish Oil Industry – its Role in the Common Fisheries Policy EC

European Parliament and - Project Dates:
August 2003 - March 2004

Description of Project:
Poseidon ARM Ltd, with the School of Marine Science and Technology of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, were contracted by the European Parliament to conduct a study into Industrial Fisheries. This study examined stock sustainability issues, socio-economics and nutritional issues in the principal industrial fisheries within Europe – directed fish meal fisheries (conducted by Denmark), the fish off-

Services Provided:
Poseidon staff were specifically responsible for the economic inputs comprising:

The structure of the fish meal and fish oil industry in the European Union

Production, import and export of fish meal and fish oil

The interaction between fish meal and fish oil industry and the fishing sector

Evaluation of the economic aspects of fish meal and fish oil consumption in the EU