Aquaculture development in Estonia

• Aquaculture in Estonia • 2007-2013• Future steps

Eduard KoitmaaFishery Economics Department

The Estonian fisheries sector consists ofthree major fields: fishing, fish processing,and aquaculture

FAO Fishery Statistics, Aquaculture production

Rainbow trout Salmon and Sea trout Carp Sturgeon CrayfishAfrican catfish Arctic Char Eel Angling

Estonian aquaculture

• Restocking• Crayfish farming• Commercial fish farming

Restocking

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Crayfish farming

• Noble crayfish(Astacus astacus)

• 18 farms• Production ~ 2,5 tons

Commercial fish farming

• 25 approved land based production businesses

• Production capacity ~ 2000• Production ~ 750 tons

Commercial fish farming

Main species• Rainbow trout• Carp • Eel

Other species• Arctic char• Whitefish• African catfish• Peled• Tench• Sturgeon

Aquaculture productionAquaculture

species2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Rainbow trout

622 648 789 584 622

Carp 28 70 74 61 82

Eel 45 47 30 30 12

Crayfish 2,8 2,2 10,8 5,7 2,5

Other fish 83 47 67 84 32

2007-2013Investment support for aquaculture:

• New aquaculture buildings• Reconstruction older aquaculture facilities• Farm expansion • Modernization engineering systems• RAS• etc.

2020

Aquaculture strategy 2020

• The Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences

• Estonian Institute for Futures Studies

• Ministry of the Environment• Stakeholders

2020

• Estonian aquaculture production will grow substantially, because Estonian demand for aquaculture products are increasing and this trend is expected to continue

• Predictable production capacity 4500-5000tons

• Total production ???

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