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Dutch sea fishers not yet out of worries
31/05/2024
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Landings revenues
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Cutter fisheries:
North Sea fish and shrimp landings down again in 2023
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Mussel culture:
Higher sales due to increased price
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Oyster sector:
2022: Japanese oyster (creuse) landings strongly increased, flat oyster landings slightly decreased again
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Other small scale fisheries:
Total value of fish and shellfish landed in other small marine fisheries 24.6 mn. Euro
Labour revenues
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Cutter fisheries:
Expected labour yield in 2023 sharply lower than in 2022 and before
Holdings and vessels
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Cutter fisheries:
Mainly fishing companies with one cutter
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Oyster sector:
Oyster sector comprises 38 holdings
Energy use and costs
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Cutter fisheries:
Fuel consumption reduced by 2023 due to decline in deployment in beam trawling in particular
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Large scale fisheries:
Fuel consumption in large-scale fisheries futher decreases
Herpes and oyster borer
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Oyster sector:
Japanese oyster borer and oyster herpes virus influence returns oyster sector
Costs
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Other small scale fisheries:
Labour costs in other small sea fisheries 25% of total costs in 2023
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Mussel culture:
Total cost around €53m in 2022/2023
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Cutter fisheries:
Costs cut sharply by 2023 due to smaller fleet
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Large scale fisheries:
Lower costs in 2023
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Fisheries:
Higher costs than revenues for fishing fleet
Vessel age
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Fisheries:
Aging of fleet continues
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Large scale fisheries:
Average age of ships further increased in 2023
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Cutter fisheries:
Aging cutter fleet continues despite some new builds in previous years
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Mussel culture:
Mussel fleet further outdated
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Oyster sector:
Number of vessels in the oyster fishery reduced
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Other small scale fisheries:
Small-scale fisheries fleet has an average age of 29 years
Engine power per vessel
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Fisheries:
Less engine power in Dutch offshore fishing fleet
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Large scale fisheries:
Engine power of large marine fisheries remained the same
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Cutter fisheries:
Due to recent restructuring, engine power fell sharply
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Mussel culture:
Capacity in engine power mussel culture stable
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Oyster sector:
Engine power stable in oyster fishing
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Other small scale fisheries:
Stabilising engine power in other small sea fisheries
Net result
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Fisheries:
Net result of fisheries estimated at -1mln. euro
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Large scale fisheries:
Net result in 2023 towards -€ 5m
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Cutter fisheries:
Estimated net result of cutter fishery in 2023 further down and negative
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Mussel culture:
2022/2023 season just barely profitable
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Other small scale fisheries:
Average small profit for other small scale fisheries
Revenues
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Large scale fisheries:
Revenue in 2023 down to € 98m (-13m euro)
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Cutter fisheries:
Lower landings in 2023 caused sharply lower turnover despite high fish prices
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Mussel culture:
Total revenue in 2022/2023 down after peak season 2021/2022
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Other small scale fisheries:
Revenues from other small-scale fisheries down sharply
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Fisheries:
Fishing fleet revenues down by 2023
Fishing crew
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Fisheries:
Employment decreased
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Large scale fisheries:
Number of crew members stable in 2023
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Cutter fisheries:
Crew costs of cutter fishery to fall in 2023
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Mussel culture:
Decrease in number of crew members on mussel cutters
Demersal fish
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Fisheries:
For many target species, quotas set lower in 2023 than in previous years
Pelagic fish
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Fisheries:
Higher fishing rights for pelagic fish species in 2023
Quota rent
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Cutter fisheries:
Few quota rental transactions
Home ports
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Cutter fisheries:
Urk has the largest cutter fleet in the Netherlands and that has been the case for years
Landings and vessels
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Fisheries:
Sharp decline in total fishing fleet size and fish landings
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Large scale fisheries:
Vessels large scale fisheries stable
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Cutter fisheries:
Large reduction in number of cutters due to restructuring
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Mussel culture:
Supply rises slightly after historic low
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Other small scale fisheries:
Number of active vessels other small-scale fisheries decreased slightly to 223
Fish and shellfish
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Cutter fisheries:
North Sea fish prices were high in 2023, while supply of North Sea fish continues to fall
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Mussel culture:
Mussel price decreases slightly
Fleet deployment
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Cutter fisheries:
Cutter fisheries efforts reduced in 2023
Import
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Fisheries:
Fish imports stabilise
Industry data export
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Fisheries:
Exports fell slightly in 2023, after years of rising exports
Economic importance of agricultural sector
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Fisheries:
Fishing complex floats on primary fishing sector
Subsidy
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Fisheries:
Two major funds for fisheries
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