Economic crisis affects Galician turbot production

SPAIN
Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 03:50 (GMT + 9)

Galicia remains the leading producer of aquaculture turbot (Psetta maxima) in the European Union (EU), although in recent years it has started to lose participation due to the current economic crisis. According to the Business Association of Marine Aquaculture Producers of Spain (Apromar), in 2012 the Spanish marine farms produced 7,970 tonnes of turbot, and 99.2 per cent of this total (about 7,900 tonnes) was produced in hatcheries installed in Galicia. The remaining 0.8 per cent corresponds to production in the Basque Country and in Cantabria. Although 2012 production represents an increase of 2.8 per cent over the previous year, it is very far from the record of 8,070 tonnes of Galician turbot obtained in 2008. That year, Galicia contributed over 87 per cent of the total EU production, while in 2012 its turnout did not reach 62 per cent, the newspaper La Voz de Gali... FULL STORY