15-02-2019 - In 2018, the livestock slaughterings increased, while fisheries and aviculture registered a decrease in theiractivity

[The data on the landed catch of black scabbardfish was rectified on March 18, 2019 – tables and short series].

In 2018

Livestock slaughterings increased, while fisheries and aviculture registered a decrease in their activity

In 2018, the egg production stood at 18.3 million units, decreasing by 24.4% from 2017. A similar trend was noted in the production of poultry meat which totaled 3,120.6 tonnes in 2018, down by 6.7% from 2017.

In 2018, the weight of the slaughtered livestock increased by 4.1% from the year before, to a total of 955.0 tonnes.

Concerning fisheries, compared to 2017, the data on landed catch show decreases in volume and in first sale receipts by 5.9% and 13.1%, respectively. The landed catch stood at 7.5 thousand tonnes, while the receipts reached 18.8 million euros.

The decrease in volume was mainly driven by the decline in the catch of tuna and tuna-like species (-9.1% in volume and -30.0% in the first sales receipts), which nonetheless, was the most abundant species during 2018.

The first sale average price of the landed catch was EUR 2.50 (EUR 2.71 in 2017).

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