Commercial Fishing & Seafood Industry Contacts - Italy

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Government Contacts & Information Resources for
Commercial Fishing, Seafood, Aquaculture, Marine & Oceans in Italy

Commercial Fishery in Italy
The seafood canning sector is the main segment of the Italian fish processing industry. The products that are canned are tunas, anchovies, sardines and shellfish.

 

Aquaculture in Italy
The Italian aquaculture sector is represented by small size enterprises, dominated by family run business with no more than 5-10 employees. Traditional extensive aquaculture is still carried out in the “valli” which are brackish lagoons, especially in the north-eastern regions. More modern aquaculture techniques for marine species include onshore intensive farms, cage systems in the sea (mariculture) and, in the case of shellfish, cultivation on ropes and bags (mussels), or directly on the intertidal substrate (clams). Aquaculture is developed along all Italian coasts, but with higher density along the Adriatic coasts.

 

Europêche - Association of national organisations of fishing enterprises in the European Union.

 

European Commission - Fisheries - The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is the European Union's instrument for the management of fisheries and aquaculture. It was created to manage a common resource and to meet the obligation set in the original Treaties of the then European Community. Because fish are a natural and mobile resource they are considered as common property. In addition, the Treaties which created the Community stated that there should be a common policy in this area, that is, common rules adopted at EU level and implemented in all Member States.

 

Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profile for Italy - aquatic species caught by country or area, by species items, by FAO major fishing areas, and year, for all commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes. The harvest from mariculture, aquaculture and other kinds of fish farming is also included.

 

Associazione Piscicoltori Italiani - The freshwater aquaculture section provides for the breeding of salmonids, especially the trout, which represents the most popularly reared species in our country and makes Italy one of the major EEC producers, of cyprinidae (carp, tench, etc.), ictaluridae (European and American black bullhead), acipenseridae (sturgeon), eels, also a major production for Italy in Europe, as well as other minor species (pike, etc.).

 

Federcoopesca - service to the fishing industry. In this section you can consult all the news, data and regulations concerning the activity of professional fishing practiced in sea and inland waters.

 

Ministry of Health - Ministry of Health Italia

 

Blue-fin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Population Dynamics research programme
Research on fisheries biology of blue-fin tuna and swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the Mediterranean Sea. Malta is participating by collecting fishing effort and landings data as well as biological data together with Spain, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Italy. The results of the analyses of the pooled national data are used to issue recommendations (eg. total allowable catches, closed seasons) on the exploitation of these Mediterranean stocks.

 

An international bottom trawl survey in the Mediterranean - In the Mediterranean, the main demersal fisheries are localized on narrow continental shelves along the coasts. Experiences during the last decades in this area have shown that it was difficult to obtain a global estimate of the demersal resources from fishing activity, especially due to the very large dispersion of the landing places, the important diversity of the species caught and the scarceness of reliable statistics. This situation has induced different European Union States to conduct national programmes for the assessment of these resources from repetitive trawl surveys. A lot of the demersal resources in the Mediterranean are considered as fully or over-exploited.

 

Some fish species found in Mediterranean

Latin name

Citharus linguatula

Eutrigla gurnardus

Helicolenus dactylopterus

Lepidorhombus boscii

Lophius budegassa

Lophius piscatorius

Merluccius merluccius

Micromesistius potassou

Mullus barbatus

Mullus surmuletus

Pagellus acarne

Pagellus bogaraveo

Pagellus erythrinus

Pagrus pagrus

Phycis blenoides

Raja clavata

Solea vulgaris

Spicara flexuosa

Trachurus mediterraneus

Trachurus trachurus

Trisopterus min. capelanus

Zeus faber

Aristaeomorpha foliacea

Aristeus antennatus

Nephrops norvegicus

Parapenaeus longirostris

Eledone cirrhosa

Eledone moschata

Illex coindetti

Loligo vulgaris

Octopus vulgaris

Sepia oficinalis

 

 

Federation of European Aquaculture Producers - The Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) is an international organisation that is composed of the National Aquaculture Associations of European countries. The basic aims of the Federation are: * to develop and establish a common policy on questions relating to the production and the commercialisation of aquaculture species are reared professionally. * to make known to the appropriate authorities the common policies envisaged above.

 

ITALYTRADE is an innovative means devised to promote importing and exporting companies throughout the world, so as to increase the number of their business contacts.

ITALIAN INSTITUTE for FOREIGN TRADE

 

Ocean Health Index Italy - The Ocean Health Index is a valuable tool for the ongoing assessment of ocean health. By providing a means to advance comprehensive ocean policy and compare future progress, the Index can inform decisions about how to use or protect marine ecosystems. The Index is a collaborative effort, made possible through contributions from more than 65 scientists/ocean experts and partnerships between organizations including the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Sea Around Us, Conservation International, National Geographic, and the New England Aquarium. Information for Italy