FISHERY, 2022

The total number of fishermen engaged in maritime fishing in 2022 decreased by 0.8% compared to 2021, while the total number of vessels decreased by 3.3%.

The total catches and production of sea fish and other sea organisms increased by about 672 tonnes, that is, by 0.8%, in 2022, as compared to the previous year.

The quantity of pelagic fish decreased by 0.8%, while the quantity of other fish increased by 4.2%.

Out of the total number of pelagic fish catches, the largest share was accounted for by the catches of pilchard (68.5%).

The catches of crustaceans increased by 53 tonnes (5.2%) and the catches of molluscs increased by 10 tonnes (1.5%).

The catches and production of shellfish increased by 169 tonnes (15.1%), primarily as a result of an increase in the production of clams.

The total production of freshwater fish in 2022 decreased by 32 tonnes (0.8%).

As compared to the previous year, the production of consumer fish in carp fishponds decreased by about 105 tonnes (2.8%), while the production in trout fishponds increased by 73 tonnes (20.8%). Out of the total freshwater fish produced, 59.7% relates to the production of carp and 10.3% to the production of trout.

The total value of fishery and aquaculture in 2022 increased by 10.7% compared to 2021. The increase in the total value is a result of an increase in the average prices of products of almost all types of fishery and aquaculture.

 

MARITIME FISHING

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FRESHWATER FISHING

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NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Data on catches and production of sea and freshwater fish and other sea organisms as well as the data on fishermen, vessels and fishing equipment and the data on values and quantities of sold goods were taken over from the Directory of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture, in line with the Cooperation Agreement, which enables the surveying of basic indicators in the area of freshwater and maritime fishing and the collection of data on personnel, basic fishing means, vessels, fishing equipment, surface areas of carp and trout fishponds, catches and production of sea and freshwater fish, crustaceans, oysters and other molluscs and shellfish and the production of milt.

The Directorate of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture, as the producer of official statistics on fisheries, collects the necessary data and then processes and forwards them to the Croatian Bureau of Statistics according to the previously arranged deadline and in the form suitable for further usage.

The Croatian Bureau of Statistics is responsible for releasing statistical data on fisheries at the national level, in accordance with strategic documents of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.

Data on fisheries are collected on the basis of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on the establishment of a Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the common fisheries policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008.

Coverage and comparability

Reporting units are legal entities and parts thereof as well as individual fishermen who are engaged in commercial maritime and freshwater fishing, small coastal fishing or in the production of sea fish and other sea organisms according to the records of the Directory of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture on issued licences for fishing and fish farming.

Data on the production of milt are collected in line with the Ordinance on statistical data collection on aquaculture (NN, Nos 137/21 and 87/22) and are expressed in the number of pieces, which is why they are not comparable to data from previous years. Pursuant to the same Ordinance, data on the quantities of food and fertilizers consumed in fishponds are no longer collected.

 

Abbreviations

EC	European Community
EU	European Union
GT	gross tonne
ha	hectare
kg	kilogram
kuna/kg	kuna per kilogram
kW	kilowatt
m	meter
m2	square meter
NN	Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia
t	tonne

 

Symbols

-	no occurrence

 

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