Study on state-of-the-art scientific information on the impacts of aquaculture activities in Europe

Aquaculture is one of the world’s fastest-growing industries, with 6 % annual growth since 2010, and is becoming an increasingly important component of the world’s food production. European aquaculture has not kept up with the pace of change in other parts of the world, growing only 24 % since 1990, and only 6 % since 2007.