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Volume 92

GLOBEFISH RESEARCH PROGRAMME

The Seafood Market in ItalyVo

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The Seafood Market in Italy

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Camillo Catarci

(April 2008)

The GLOBEFISH Research Programme is an activity initiated by FAO's Fish Utilisation and Marketing Service,

Rome, Italy and financed jointly by:

- NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service), Washington, DC, USA

- FROM, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, Madrid, Spain

- Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Copenhagen, Denmark

- European Commission, Directorate General for Fisheries, Brussels, EU

- Norwegian Seafood Export Council, Tromsoe, Norway

- OFIMER (Office National Interprofessionnel des Produits de la Mer et de

l’Aquaculture), Paris, France

- ASMI (Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute), USA

- DFO (Department of Fisheries and Oceans), Canada

- SSA (Seafood Services Australia), Australia

- Ministry of Fisheries, New Zealand

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Fish consumption in Italy grew from 11.8 kg/pc in 1961 to 25.1

kg/pc in 2003. The main group of products purchased by Italian

families is fresh seafood, with 50 percent of purchases, followed

by frozen seafood (23 percent) and canned seafood (20 percent).

Due to the increasing consumption and declining domestic

supply, Italy is a net importer of seafood. Italian seafood imports

increased from 353 300 tonnes in 1976 to 970 100 tonnes in

2006, molluscs being the main commodity imported and Spain

being the main country of origin. Like in many other developed

countries, the seafood processing sector in Italy is gradually

being restricted to the niche of quality preparations.

Acknowledgement: Karine Boisset, FAO

Richard Grainger, FAO

Helga Josupeit, FAO

Gabriella Laurenti, FAO

Audun Lem, FAO

Paolo Manzoni, NHS, Italy

Gerry O’Sullivan, FAO

Tony Piccolo, FAO

Sachiko Tsuji, FAO

Stefania Vannuccini, FAO

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Reproduction of this mural painting by Walter Casotti depicting

the fishing village of Cesenatico (Itlay), was given with kind

permission by Rosa Casali, from the estate of Walter Masotti.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................1

1.1. Seafood imports into Southern Europe ..........................................................................2

1.2. How to export seafood to Southern EU countries: a guide for developing countries....5

1.2.1. Trade and Development ...........................................................................................5

The Bilateral level ..................................................................................................5

Autonomous measures ............................................................................................7

1.3. Health and safety requirements ......................................................................................7

2. ITALY....................................................................................................................................10

2.1. Executive Summary .....................................................................................................10

2.2. Seafood consumption in Italy.......................................................................................10

2.3. The industry..................................................................................................................12

2.3.1. Total production .....................................................................................................13

Capture fisheries ..................................................................................................13

Aquaculture ..........................................................................................................16

2.3.2. International trade .................................................................................................18

Imports .................................................................................................................18

Exports .................................................................................................................26

2.3.3. Processing ..............................................................................................................30

2.3.4. Key industry players ...............................................................................................31

Fresh seafood .......................................................................................................31

Frozen seafood .....................................................................................................32

Canned seafood ....................................................................................................33

2.3.5. Marketing ...............................................................................................................33

Home consumption ...............................................................................................33

Away-from-home consumption.............................................................................34

3. ANNEX 1: ITALIAN IMPORTERS, EXPORTERS, PRODUCERS, AQUACULTURE

FARMERS AND DISTRIBUTORS ...................................................................................................... 35

4. ANNEX 2: ITALIAN SEAFOOD RECIPES .............................................................................. 41

5. REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................. 43

TABLES

TABLE 1: MAIN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EXPORTING TO THE SOUTHERN

EU REGION (1 000 TONNES). ....................................................................................................................3

TABLE 2: MAIN COMMODITIES IMPORTED INTO THE SOUTHERN EU REGION FROM

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (1 000 TONNES)..........................................................................................4

TABLE 3: SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION IN ITALY BY GROUP OF COMMODITIES, 1993-2003

(KG/PC) ......................................................................................................................................................12

TABLE 4: COMPOSITION OF THE ITALIAN CATCH, 1950-2005 (TONNES)...................................15

TABLE 5: COMPOSITION OF THE ITALIAN AQUACULTURE OUTPUT, 1970-2005

(TONNES) ...................................................................................................................................................18

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TABLE 6: ITALIAN SEAFOOD IMPORTS BY GROUP OF COMMODITIES (1 000 TONNES) .......20

TABLE 7: ITALIAN SEAFOOD IMPORT QUANTITIES, VALUES AND UNIT VALUES BY

MAIN COMMODITY. ................................................................................................................................21

TABLE 8: ITALIAN SEAFOOD IMPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, 1995-2006

(1 000 TONNES). ........................................................................................................................................25 TABLE 9: ITALIAN SEAFOOD EXPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY OF DESTINATION,

1995-2006 (1 000 TONNES). .....................................................................................................................27

TABLE 10: ITALIAN SEAFOOD EXPORT QUANTITIES, VALUES AND UNIT VALUES BY

MAIN COMMODITY. ...............................................................................................................................28

FIGURES

FIGURE 1: SOUTHERN EU IMPORTS OF SEAFOOD ............................................................................2

FIGURE 2: SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION IN ITALY, 1961-2003.............................................................11

FIGURE 3: TOTAL FISHERY AND AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION IN ITALY

1950-2005.....................................................................................................................................................13

FIGURE 4: ITALIAN FISHERY CAPTURES, 1950-2005........................................................................15

FIGURE 5: ITALIAN AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION, 1950-2005 .....................................................17

FIGURE 6: ITALIAN SEAFOOD IMPORTS, 1950-2005 .........................................................................19

FIGURE 7: ITALIAN SEAFOOD EXPORTS, 1976-2006.........................................................................27

FIGURE 8: SEAFOOD PROCESSING IN ITALY, 1976-2005 .................................................................30

FIGURE 9: SEAFOOD CANNING AND CURING IN ITALY, 1976-2006 .............................................31

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1. INTRODUCTION

The European Union (EU) is composed of 27 Member States:

• Founding members (1951) Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the

Netherlands;

• Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom, which joined in 1973;

• Greece, which joined in 1981;

• Portugal and Spain, which joined in 1986;

• Austria, Finland and Sweden, which joined in 1995;

• Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and

Slovenia which joined in 2004;

• Bulgaria and Romania which joined in 2007.

The EU is the top world importer of seafood. In 2006, the Union imported 5.71 million tonnes of

seafood, whereas Japan imported 3.02 million tonnes of seafood and the United States imported

2.45 million tonnes of seafood.

Within the Union, there are three macro-areas of seafood consumption. The Northern EU sub-region

(Austria, Benelux, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, the United Kingdom) is more price-

conscious and dominated by relatively cheap fish preparations. Consumption of fish in the Central

and Eastern EU sub-region (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,

Romania and Slovakia) has been, traditionally, very low. However, social and economic development

of the area is resulting in changing food habits and increasing seafood consumption. Instead, Southern

EU sub-region (Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain) is the

EU sub-region with the highest fish consumption patterns, due to its geographical position and cultural

habits of its inhabitants1.

The sources utilized for this report have been seafood marketing reports (including online reports), the

GLOBEFISH databank, personal contacts and statistical databases, mainly EUROSTAT and FAO

Fishstat Plus. The global fishery statistics of production in capture and aquaculture and trade are

mostly collected by the Fisheries and Aquaculture Information and Statistics Service, FIES, of FAO,

and made available through yearbook publications, web sites and the Fishstat Plus database. National

reports are the main, but not the only source of data used by FAO to maintain its fishery statistics

database. In cases where data are missing or are considered unreliable, FAO includes estimates based

on the best available information from any qualified sources including EUROSTAT and various

Regional Fishery Management Organizations. A comprehensive network of regional

intergovernmental institutions created by FAO, the FISH INFOnetwork, also provides supplemental

information on international trade.

FAO’s fishery statistics are global in coverage, have complete time series since 1950 for production

and since 1976 for trade and are regularly updated. During the last decade, financial support for the

development and maintenance of individual national fishery statistical systems has decreased sharply,

while supporting efforts have shifted toward improvement of data collection and monitoring capacity

at regional and sub-regional level. At the same time, information needs have been increasing

1 It has to be highlighted that the partition between the three regions is extremely loose. In fact, there are several

differences in seafood consumption habits within sub-regions and some countries may share the seafood

consumption habits of two sub-regions. For instance, France can be placed in the middle between Northern and

Southern Europe and Slovenia can be placed in the middle between Southern and Eastern Europe in terms of

seafood consumption habits.

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dramatically. In general, the global trends are probably reliably reflected by the FAO statistics but the

individual figures and the assessments involve a certain degree of uncertainty.

1.1. Seafood imports into Southern Europe

In 2006, combined imports of the seven Southern EU countries (Cyprus, France, Greece Italy, Malta,

Portugal, Slovenia and Spain) totalled 3.38 million tonnes, of which 59 percent came from developing

countries, 31 percent from other EU countries and only 10 percent came from non-EU developing

countries2 (Figure 1).

Figure 1

Fig. 1. Southern EU imports of seafood:

a breakdown by economic group of

countries, 2006

Developing

countries

59%

Other EU

countries

31%

Other

developed

countries

10%

Imports of seafood from developing countries into the Southern EU region increased from

726 200 tonnes in 1995 to 1.99 million tonnes in 2006, equivalent to a growth rate of 10 percent/year.

The main suppliers of seafood to the Southern EU region among developing countries are Argentina,

Morocco, Peru, China, Chile, Ecuador, India, Thailand, Vietnam and Namibia.

The ten major exporting countries represent nearly 50 percent of total Southern EU imports of seafood

from developing countries. Every country experienced positive annual growth rate, with the exception

of Namibia, whose exports to Southern Europe increased from 1995 to 2003, to decline in the years

that followed, reaching in 2006 the same levels of 1995 (Table 1) due to a decline in exports of fresh

hake3.

2 However, due to the frequent misreporting of imports from non-EU countries as imports from the Netherlands

(in fact, Rotterdam is often the first point of entry of seafood imported into the EU) the share of developing

countries in total Southern EU exports might be even higher. 3 Hakes (whether M. capensis or M. paradoxus) are the main fish species the EU imports from Namibia.

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Table 1. Main developing countries exporting to the Southern EU region (1 000 tonnes).

Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Argentina 126.51 145.5 172.91 196.4 188.93 152.75 184.62 168.05 175.78 143.89 133.32 216.18

Morocco 89.25 96.9 118 107.4 123.7 158.43 176.42 159.22 144.61 142.62 152.91 169.57

Peru 102.82 102.65 146.08 49.34 116.98 131.68 180.57 137.13 164 154.63 175.86 156.54

China 23.87 20.34 36.16 55.73 61.27 78.33 94.83 44.02 64.12 81.54 121.15 149.4

Chile 103.81 76.55 84.63 82.01 66.24 78.86 108.75 103.61 126.15 136.29 138.7 138.18

Ecuador 52.3 50.21 57.94 67.3 87.28 59.31 56.67 53.68 78.57 71.3 98.19 123.51

India 53.99 43.13 32.15 28.47 44.13 47.71 60.16 60.83 65.27 74.25 86.36 97.36

Thailand 51.41 49.8 45.57 69.46 59.87 52.71 52.78 59.42 71.19 68.73 75.74 92.01

Vietnam 1.29 1.83 6.7 7.75 8.77 10.16 15.02 17.38 23.26 32.06 50.34 82.41

Namibia 63.56 58.79 61.45 83.54 88.96 85.62 93.88 79.95 90.14 85.09 70.15 66.34

TOTAL

(inc. others) 726.24 780.52 1226.3 1294 1342.8 1379.6 1596.2 1555.8 1703.6 1661.5 1821.9 1993.7

(source: EUROSTAT).

Argentina is the top developing country exporter of seafood to Southern Europe, with 216 200 tonnes

of seafood supplied to the area in 2006 (Table 1). More than 70 percent of Argentine exports of

seafood to the Southern EU region go to Spain. In fact, several frozen seafood producing companies in

Argentina have been set up through Spanish funding. Argentina supplies Spain with frozen Illex squid,

frozen shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) and frozen Argentine hake (Merluccius hubbsi) fillets.

Also in the case of Morocco, 65 percent of its seafood exports to the Southern EU region go to Spain.

Spain imports from Morocco mostly octopus, snails and unidentified fresh saltwater fish. Most of the

remainder of Moroccan exports is shared between France and Italy. Italy imports mostly frozen

octopus, whereas France imports canned sardines (mostly European pilchard or sardine, Sardina

pilchardus), fish oil, canned anchovies (Engraulis spp.) and frozen sardines.

The main exports of Peru to Southern Europe are fish meal, frozen molluscs and fish oil. The trend of

exports of fish meal and fish oil is discontinuous as these products are linked to the cyclical abundance

of small pelagics in the Pacific Ocean. Fish meal is also the main exported commodity from Chile,

together with fresh southern hake Merluccius australis.

Imports of seafood from China to the Southern EU region increased from 23 900 tonnes in 1995 to

149 400 tonnes in 2006, equivalent to an annual growth rate of 18 percent (Table 1). The lower

quantities imported between 2002 and (to a lesser extent) 2004 are due to the EU ban on seafood from

China on the grounds of evidences of potentially risky chloramphenicol residues found in samples of

shrimps and prawns imported from China in January 2002. The ban was lifted more than two years

later. The main commodities imported by Southern EU countries from China are frozen pre-cooked

shrimps and prawns, frozen Alaska Pollack Theragra chalcogramma, frozen monk Lophius spp. and

surimi preparations.

Exports from Ecuador increased from 52 300 tonnes in 1995 to 123 500 tonnes in 2006 (Table 1). The

main commodities are frozen pre-cooked Penaeus shrimp, frozen pre-cooked tuna loins for canning

and canned tuna. Ecuador hosts several shrimp farming facilities, the main species produced being the

whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) and the blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris). Ecuador is also a

large producer of canned tuna and tuna loins, with processing facilities belonging to (or affiliated with)

tuna companies from Spain and the United States, as well as to the international tuna loins’ producing

company Tri-Marine.

Imports from India are dominated by molluscs and crustaceans, especially cephalopods (Loligo squid,

cuttlefish and octopus) and frozen pre-cooked shrimps. Frozen Loligo squid is also the main product

imported from Thailand, followed by frozen yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) for canning, canned

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tuna and surimi preparations. Canned tuna from Thailand is gradually entering the otherwise

conservative and quality conscious Southern EU tuna market4 while frozen shrimp imports appear to

be increasing.

Imports of seafood from Vietnam increased from 1 300 tonnes in 1995 to 82 400 tonnes in 2006,

equivalent to an annual growth rate of 46 percent (Table 1). Imports from Vietnam are dominated by

frozen fillets of freshwater fish, e.g. Pangasius catfish, which is largely consumed as a cheaper

alternative to traditional whitefish species such as Northern cods (Gadus spp.) and hakes (Merluccius

spp.). Other significant imports from Vietnam include frozen cephalopods, frozen pre-cooked Penaeus

shrimps and frozen Venus clams.

Overall, the main commodities imported from developing countries are frozen shrimp, fish meal,

frozen cephalopods and tunas (Table 2). In terms of value, the most important commodities include

shrimp and canned tuna.

Table 2. Main commodities imported into the Southern EU region from developing

countries (1 000 tonnes).

Commodity 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Frozen pre-cooked

Penaeus shrimps 0 0 68.7 86.33 80.68 80.59 97.18 103.05 133.19 137.81 150.42 194.28

Fish meal 142.51 133.94 174.13 90.12 123.48 162.79 179.21 133.91 165.7 150.79 147.86 128.58

Frozen Loligo squid 35.55 43.82 39.37 67.26 60.55 84.89 97.09 82.71 100.14 93.41 106.13 106.23

Frozen Illex squid 26.74 33.54 65.86 73.49 86.89 80.78 93 69.19 75.32 44.91 66.66 101.61

Frozen Octopus spp. 39.2 37.89 50.43 54.9 87.66 64.78 78.29 86.57 84.46 75.1 82.42 88.79

Canned tuna not in

oil 58.39 61.85 61.19 66.04 50.82 61.21 58.72 72.52 76.79 82.65 76.66 88.12

Frozen pre-cooked

tuna loins 27.19 31.17 38.32 47.48 52.5 51.3 44.24 55.91 77.74 66.01 77.65 82.16

Frozen molluscs nei 8.07 10.46 14.04 7.08 10.07 13.9 18.85 26.85 27.98 50.09 52.75 76.37

(source: EUROSTAT).

Large-sized shrimps and prawns, mainly warmwater species, are extremely appreciated in Southern

Europe. They are mainly consumed grilled but also as an ingredient in pasta and rice dishes.

Depending on the year, the main wild species is the Argentine red shrimp Pleoticus muelleri, which is

a large-sizes coldwater shrimp. The trends in captures of Pleoticus muelleri and other wild species are

often discontinuous, whilst warmwater shrimp farming ensures a steady supply of these appreciated

crustaceans to the European market.

The EU imports farmed warmwater shrimps and prawns in frozen form from Ecuador, India, China,

Brazil and Bangladesh. The species favoured by the EU are the whiteleg shrimp, produced in China,

Brazil and Ecuador, and the giant tiger prawn Penaeus monodon, produced in India, China and

Bangladesh.

Tuna is a staple food in the Mediterranean diet. It is normally eaten in a sandwich, with salad or mixed

with pasta sauces. Canned tuna is mostly imported from developing countries such as Seychelles and

Côte d’Ivoire where substantial EU investments facilitated the setting up of state of the art processing

units. Those countries belong to the group of ex-European colonies from the African, Caribbean and

4 Also through the help of a progressive tariff reduction, as the general 24 percent tariff applied by the EU to

third countries exporting canned tuna has been gradually lowered to a 20.5 percent Generalised System of

Preference with a 12 percent special tariff applied to an yearly quota.

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Pacific (ACP) regions. On the other hand, frozen pre-cooked tuna loins are really semi-processed

commodities aimed at the canning industries of Italy, France, Spain and to a lesser extent Portugal.

The processing of raw materials into loins in developing countries benefits from the cheaper labour

costs in those countries. At the same time, undertaking the final canning stage in investor countries

enables the partial protection of employment in their canneries.

1.2. How to export seafood to Southern EU countries: a guide for developing countries

1.2.1. Trade and Development

International trade can become a factor for development and growth if accompanied by the proper

support policies and if used correctly. Thus, development is a fundamental principle of the EU trade

strategy. The EU trade policy aims to contribute to a more equitable integration of developing

countries into the international trading system through action on the multilateral5 level, the bilateral

level and through autonomous measures. The focus of this chapter will be on the bilateral level and

autonomous measures.

The Bilateral level

Traditionally, countries from the Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) region have been benefiting

from zero tariffs applied to their EU exports through a non reciprocal system of trade preferences

under the framework of the Lomé Convention. As the non reciprocal system was declared

incompatible under the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s rules, in 2002 the ACP States and the EU

decided to overhaul their previous trade relations.

The Parties agreed to enter into economic integration agreements (the Economic Partnership

Agreements, EPAs) concluding new WTO-compatible trading arrangements, setting up a free trade

area between the EU and the ACP and enhancing cooperation in all areas related to trade. These

agreements are aimed at fostering development by strengthening regional integration and improving

the business environment in a sustainable way. The agreements have been negotiated since 2002; they

entered into force in January 2008, therefore replacing the old Lomé system.

There are four pillars to the EPAs:

Partnership: EPAs entail rights and obligations for both sides. While the Union will be prepared to

further open up its market to ACP products and tackle all other trade barriers, the ACP States must be

prepared to implement appropriate policies to strengthen their supply capacity and to reduce

transaction costs.

Regional integration: the implementation of EPAs will sustain the integration process within the

ACP.

5 The World Trade Organisation's fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha (Qatar) in November 2001 resulted in,

inter alia, the launch of a new round of trade negotiations, the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). The DDA

aims at improving market access and establishing rules that help foster development and increase developing

countries’ opportunities to benefit from further trade liberalisation. The EU proposes advancing meaningful

liberalisation across all non-agricultural products (including fishery products), which represent over 70 percent

of developing country exports, by eliminating tariff peaks and high tariffs, and significantly reducing tariff

escalation. The EU intends to fulfil the promise of the Doha Mandate in these non-agricultural products by

establishing real new market access for all, with the largest opportunities for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

through tariff and quota-free access offered by both developed and if possible most advanced developing

countries. Despite its importance, the multilateral level of negotiations is outside the scope of this report. For

more information, please check http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/newround/doha_da/index_en.htm and

http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/global/development/index_en.htm.

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Development: EPAs have been designed with all the flexibility required to take account of the

economic, social and environmental constraints of the ACP countries and of their capacity to adapt to

the new trading environment. On the other hand, they must be integrated into the development policy

of the ACP countries and into the support strategies of the EU.

Link to WTO: Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are intended to act as a stepping stone to

the gradual integration of the ACP countries into the world economy and WTO led trade liberalization.

However, EPAs are also defining more specific and more operational, bilateral trade related

provisions, for example in the area of sanitary and phytosanitary standards. These are intended to

tackle non-tariff barriers to trade between the ACP countries themselves and between the ACP and the

EU. This process will be supported through EU trade related assistance.

True to the principle of regionalism, ACP countries were encouraged to enter the EPAs in regional

groupings. Agreements with the following regional groups were concluded:

• EU and West Africa (Economic Community of West Africa, ECOWAS6, and Mauritania);

• EU and Central Africa (Communauté Economique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale,

CEMAC7 and São Tomé and Príncipe);

• EU and Eastern and Southern Africa (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa,

COMESA8);

• EU and Southern African Development Community (SADC)9;

• EU and the Caribbean Forum of ACP States (CARIFORUM10

);

• EU and the Pacific Region11

.

A six year-long period of negotiations (2002-2008) resulted in the entry into force of the EPAs for the

EU and 35 ACP States12

through the adoption of Council Regulation 1528/2007. The Regulation has

been in force since 1 January 2008.

The regulation confirms the elimination of all import duties for fish and fishery products, which is

particularly important for prepared and preserved products under the code 1604 and 1605, usually

6 Its members being Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea

Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. Of these countries, only Côte d’Ivoire,

Ghana and Nigeria are not among the group of the Least Developed Countries (LDC), which, from a tariff point

of view, benefit from tariff exemption from all products excluding weapons (the “Everything But Arms”, EBA

clause). 7 Its members being Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea

and Gabon. The Central African Republic, Chad and Equatorial Guinea are LDCs (see previous footnote). 8 Its members who decided to negotiate the EPA with the EU are Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia,

Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Burundi,

Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda and Zambia are LDCs (see

previous footnote). 9 Its members who decided to negotiated the EPA with the EU are Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique,

Namibia, Swaziland and Tanzania. Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique and Tanzania are LDCs (see previous

footnote). 10

Its ACP members being Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, the Dominican

Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines,

Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago. Haiti is an LDC (see previous footnote). 11

Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau,

Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and

Vanuatu are LDCs (see previous footnote). 12

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire,

Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Fiji, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar,

Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the

Grenadines, Seychelles, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

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subject to higher tariffs13

. In turn, most tariffs on fresh and frozen fish may have been eliminated

already for all third countries, or may be very low.

Regulation 1528/2007 includes strict provisions on rules of origin. A product imported by the EU is to

be considered as originating in the ACP States if it has been:

• wholly obtained in the ACP States; or

• obtained in the ACP States incorporating materials which have not been wholly obtained

there, provided that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing in the

ACP States.

Regulation 1528/2007 is available online from the EUROPA server at: http://eur-

lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:348:0001:0154:en:PDF.

Autonomous measures

For many years the EU has been operating unilateral preferential market access schemes under the

Generalised System of Preferences (GSP). There are currently three types of GSP in force in the EU:

• The general arrangement for all beneficiary countries;

• The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (the

“GSP Plus”) provides additional benefits for countries implementing certain international

standards in human and labour rights, environmental protection, the fight against drugs, and

good governance. In particular, the special arrangements to fight drug production and

trafficking provide duty free market access for all industrial products, which enables large

canned tuna and tuna loins producers like Colombia Ecuador to export their products duty-free

to the Union;

• The special incentive arrangement for Least Developing Countries, that are allowed to export

duty-free “Everything But Arms” (EBA) to the EU.

Rules of origin also apply to country benefiting from the GSP system according to Council Regulation

2454/93. The product should be either “wholly obtained” in the beneficiary country (or countries14

), or

undergo a series of operations in the beneficiary country/ies conferring to the product the origin from

the beneficiary country/ies.

Details on the Generalised System of Preferences are available at:

http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/global/gsp/legis/index_en.htm, whilst the webpage “The Integrated

Tariff of the Community” (TARIC) is extremely useful to find out quickly the EU’s tariff regime by

product and country (http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds/tarhome_en.htm). The texts to the basic

European Union legislation relating to GSP, tariffs, trade and development are to be found through

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/.

1.3. Health and safety requirements

As import duties of fish in general have been much reduced, remaining barriers to developing

countries’ exports often relate to health and safety. The EU requirements on the health and safety of

seafood (http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/s84000.htm) are particularly stringent.

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The so-called “tariff escalation”: the higher degree of processing, the higher the tariff. 14

If there is cumulation of origin, e.g inputs from other countries are considered as originating in the exporting

country. Provisions on cumulation thus extend the possibilities for producers in beneficiary countries to use such

inputs. More details on rules of origin can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/common/publications/info_docs/customs/index_en.htm

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The official certification of imports from non-EU countries is based on the recognition of the

competent authority of the non-EU country by the Commission. This is a necessary pre-requisite for

the country to export to the Union. National competent authorities must ensure credible inspection and

controls throughout the whole production chain. All relevant issues concerning imports of fishery

products must be undertaken by the national competent authority. As a first step, companies wishing

to export seafood or other fishery products to the EU should contact the relevant national authorities in

their country to become authorised.

For all fishery products, countries of origin must be on a positive list of eligible countries for the

relevant product. The eligibility criteria are:

• the presence, in the third country, of a competent authority which is empowered, structured

and resourced to implement effective inspection and guarantee credible public health and

animal health attestations in the certificate to accompany fishery products that are destined for

the EU.

• Live fish, their eggs and gametes intended for breeding and live bivalve molluscs must fulfil

the relevant animal health standards. Therefore, the veterinary services must ensure effective

enforcement of all necessary health controls and monitoring programmes.

• The national authorities must also guarantee that the relevant hygiene15

and public health

requirements are met.

• List I (fish and fishery products): Imports are only authorised from approved vessels and

establishments which have been inspected by the competent authority of the exporting

country and found to meet EU requirements. The authority provides the necessary guarantees

and is obliged to carry out regular inspections and take corrective action, if necessary. A list

of such approved establishments is available at:

http://circa.europa.eu/irc/sanco/vets/info/data/listes/ffp.html.

• List I (live bivalve molluscs): Specific conditions apply for imports of live or processed

bivalve molluscs, echinoderms or marine gastropods. These imports are allowed only if they

come from approved and listed production areas

(http://circa.europa.eu/irc/sanco/vets/info/data/listes/lbm.html)16

.

• In the case of aquaculture products, a control plan on heavy metals, contaminants, residues of

pesticides and veterinary drugs must be in place to verify compliance with EU rules.

• A control plan must be designed by the competent authority and submitted to the European

Commission for initial approval and yearly renewal.

• Inspections by the Commission’s Food and Veterinary Office are necessary to confirm

compliance with the above requirements.

Imports of fishery products from non-EU countries must enter the EU via an approved Border

Inspection Post under the authority of an official veterinarian. Each consignment is subject to a

systematic documentary check, identity check and, as appropriate, a physical check. which are found

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The hygiene legislation contains specific requirements on the structure of vessels, landing sites, processing

establishments and on operational processes, freezing and storage. 16

However, there is an opportunity to enter EU markets on the basis of bilateral agreements (the so-called “List

II”). List II countries are non-EU countries that are either those that have not yet been visited by EU Commission

inspectors or those still subject to some outstanding hygiene requirements. To facilitate the continuation of trade

until an inspection visit has taken place or compliance guarantees received, provision has been made for an EU

Member State to establish bilateral agreements with those List II countries wanting to export to their country.

Any non-EU country entering into such an agreement must provide the Member State with a list of their

approved establishments or production areas and guarantees that these meet equivalent EU hygiene controls.

Non-EU countries which do not appear on one of the authorised lists, or that are on List II but do not have a

bilateral agreement with an EU country, cannot export fishery products or bivalve molluscs to the EU.

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not to be compliant with Community (EU) legislation shall either be destroyed or, under certain

conditions, re-dispatched within 60 days.

The European Commission provides training, technical assistance and facilities for institutional

capacity building to help developing countries comply with EU rules

(http://ec.europa.eu/food/training/index_en.htm). Furthermore, national and regional development

programmes of the European Union are available in individual countries, as well as bilateral aid

projects of the Member States. The delegations of the European Union

(http://ec.europa.eu/comm/external_relations/delegations/intro/web.htm) can provide detailed

information on these programmes.

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2. ITALY

2.1. Executive summary

Fish consumption in Italy grew from 11.8 kg/pc in 1961 to 25.1 kg/pc in 2003. Consumption of fish in

Italy is traditionally associated with the image of the fresh whole fish purchased from the fishmonger

(now the fish counter in supermarkets) or chosen at the restaurant. However, frozen fish fillets and

value-added products such as canned tuna and breaded fish offer cheap, practical and ready-to-prepare

options for everyday food.

Italian fishery captures increased from 186 400 tonnes in 1950 to 481 300 tonnes in 1984. However, in

the years that followed, Italian captures dropped to 298 400 tonnes in 2005. At the same time,

aquaculture production partially compensated the declining wild fisheries supply by increasing from

300 tonnes in 1950 to 180 900 tonnes in 2005.

Due to the increasing consumption and declining domestic supply, Italy is a net importer of seafood.

Italian seafood imports increased from 353 300 tonnes in 1976 to 970 100 tonnes in 2006, molluscs

being the main commodity imported and Spain being the main country of origin.

Like in many other developed countries, the seafood processing sector in Italy is gradually being

restricted to the niche of quality preparations due to lack of competitiveness vis-à-vis emerging

economies as far as mass production is concerned. The tuna canning industry remains the biggest

processing industry in Italy in terms of output, which is nevertheless declining.

More than 400 000 tonnes of seafood are consumed annually at home and 190 000 tonnes seafood are

consumed annually away from home in Italy. The main group of products purchased by Italian

families is fresh seafood, with 50 percent of purchases, followed by frozen seafood (23 percent),

canned seafood (20 percent) and finally cured fish (7 percent, mostly smoked salmon and cured cod).

2.2. Seafood consumption in Italy

Italy is traditionally a meat-consuming country. However, fish consumption grew from 11.8 kg/pc in

1961 to 25.1 kg/pc in 2003, equivalent to a rate of 2 percent/year (Figure 2). Seafood is consumed in

hors d’oeuvre (shrimp cocktail, mixed seafood platters, smoked salmon, surimi), pasta dishes (with

clams, mussels, anchovies, tuna, salmon), rice dishes (with shrimps, lobster, mixed seafood) and as

main course (oven-baked, deep-fried, broiled, boiled). Shrimps, clams, mussels and squids are also

used as pizza topping and surimi is used to prepare salads.

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Figure 2

Fig. 2. Seafood consumption in Italy, 1961-2003

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(source: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Information and Statistics Service, FIES).

In Italy, fish has traditionally conveyed an image of freshness, health and luxury. Seafood

consumption is associated with the idea of the fresh whole fish purchased from the fishmonger (now

the fish counter in supermarkets) or chosen from the restaurant counter. In Italian cuisine, fish is the

fresh food par excellence, set to “jump” ideally from the sea straight into the pan. Ironically, most fish

consumed in Italy is now imported; therefore, the image of fish caught, cooked and eaten in the same

area is quite distant from reality.

Fish Market in Veneto

In the past, fish was

consumed mainly on

Fridays, during Lent

and in the summer, in

seaside or lakeside

resorts. It was

purchased fresh from

fishmongers and

cooked by the

housewives

themselves. The

changes which

occurred in the job

market such as longer

working hours,

increasing flexibility

and access of women

to employment left a

shorter amount of time

for people to purchase,

prepare and consume

their meals. The setting up of fresh fish counters (as well as of several other services) in supermarkets

and hypermarkets, allowed customers to save time by concentrating their shopping in one go (“one-

stop-shopping”). The marketing of frozen fish, in many cases boneless, skinless and filleted is another

photo credit: Paolo Manzoni.

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time-saving option, saving people from paying frequent visits to supermarkets and from spending

extra-time on preparation and cooking.

Fish auction in Mazara del Vallo, Sicily Nevertheless, Italian consumers

remain conservative. Under ideal

conditions they would always

choose fresh rather than frozen fish.

Frozen fish is generally considered

a quick, everyday food, which

should nevertheless look as

“natural” as possible. In fact, frozen

fish marketed in Italy is often

packaged in see-through cellophane

or in cardboard boxes with a

cellophane window, in order to

allow consumers to evaluate their

purchase.

Some value-added products are also accepted as quick options for everyday meals. Canned tuna is a

staple food in the Mediterranean diet. It is normally eaten with salad or mixed with pasta sauces. Other

value-added products consumed in Italy include canned molluscs and crustaceans for hors d’oeuvres,

pasta sauces and pizza topping, surimi for hors d’oeuvres and seafood-based ready meals.

Demersal fish species are the main group of commodities consumed in Italy, although their

consumption declined by 2 percent/year between 1993 and 2003. Instead, consumption of other

commodities is growing, particularly consumption of molluscs which grew by 5 percent/year between

1993 and 2003 (Table 3).

Table 3. Seafood consumption in Italy by group of commodities, 1993-2003 (kg/pc)

Group of species 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

All 21.25 21.33 21.36 21.4 21.21 21.92 22.15 22.55 24.51 23.36 25.06

Demersal 6.91 7.26 6.13 6.47 5.95 5.92 5.66 5.55 5.94 5.65 5.81

Pelagic 3.8 3.77 3.94 3.89 3.87 4.09 4.06 4.16 4.57 4.24 5.11

Molluscs 2.87 2.41 3.57 3.06 3.41 3.67 3.75 4.14 4.32 4.51 4.49

Cephalopods 2.66 2.87 2.81 2.74 2.88 3.03 3.38 3.17 3.59 3.51 3.58

Marine 2.03 1.84 1.94 1.98 1.85 1.82 1.94 1.9 2.2 1.9 2.08

Freshwater 1.53 1.65 1.55 1.7 1.76 1.76 1.68 1.81 1.9 1.78 2.01

Crustaceans 1.45 1.53 1.42 1.55 1.48 1.63 1.68 1.83 1.98 1.75 1.98

Other aquatic animals 0 0 0 0.01 0.01 0 0 0 0.02 0.01 0

(source: FAO FIES).

2.3. The industry

The importance of the Italian fishing industry has declined constantly over the last three decades, due

to a reduction in fish stocks and the subsequent restrictions placed on fishing. On the other hand,

aquaculture in Italy has gained importance over time, but its development is constrained by

environmental concerns, lack of area with adequate characteristics and legislative bottlenecks.

Furthermore, the number of companies involved in processing in Italy has constantly declined over the

last two decades. A recent deal between European member states secured EU funding for Italian

fisheries in the amount of EUR376 million (at 2004 value) for the period 2007-2013. In addition to the


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EU resources, Italian national resources provided EUR32 million through the National Programme for

Fisheries and Aquaculture.

2.3.1. Total production

Total fishery and aquaculture production in Italy increased from 186 700 tonnes in 1950 to

606 500 tonnes in 1995. However, it declined in the years that followed to 479 300 tonnes in 2005.

From the mid to late nineties, the decline of capture production was no longer compensated by the

increase of aquaculture production. Finally, from the early two thousands, aquaculture production

started to decline itself, hence reducing the fish supply in Italy to levels comparable to those of the

seventies (Figure 3).

Figure 3

Fig. 3. Total fishery and aquaculture production in

Italy, 1950-2005

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Aquaculture

Capture

(source: FAO FISHSTAT Plus).

Capture fisheries

The Italian marine fishery is a multi-gear, multi-species fishery, with a highly heterogeneous fleet

widely dispersed along the coast and more concentrated in some areas, principally the Straits of Sicily

and the Adriatic. The fleet is ageing, with 45 percent of vessels aged more than 26 years old, and

29 percent of vessels aged between 15 and 25 years old. In November 2004, the fleet consisted of

approximately 15 000 vessels. More than 70 percent of the fleet consisted of artisanal vessels. The

fishing capacity of the Italian fleet has fallen very sharply since 1999, particularly following various

decommissioning schemes. At the same time, employment in fisheries and aquaculture dropped from

65 000 in 1970 to less than 40 000 according to the last available FAO data (2001).

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The three cooperative associations that represent most fishers and shellfish producers are Lega Pesca,

Federcoopesca and Associazione Generale Cooperative Italiane. These together bring together 1 251

cooperatives and 39 415 fishers. All these organizations are represented on the Fisheries Committee of

the General Directorate for Fisheries

and Aquaculture, and in local

administrations. Associazione

Piscicoltori Italiani (API) is the

reference point for fish farmers.

The largest fleet is located in Sicily,

with 2 353 vessels, accounting for

22 percent of the national fleet. Most

of the artisanal vessels (65 percent)

are concentrated in southern Italy and

Sardinia. They use fixed nets

(trammel nets, combined trammel-

gillnets, and gillnets) and longlines in

order to target a large number of

species. Fishing areas are located on

the continental shelf, generally down

to 100 m depth, and within 6 nautical

miles of the coast. The most important

areas for trawling are Sicily and

The wholesale fish market in Milan

Adriatic Sea. Bottom trawlers show a high variability in the fishing areas exploited, which may change

in the same day from the continental shelf to the middle slope, up to 700 m depth. Trawler landings

are therefore characterized by a high number of species of fish, decapod crustaceans and cephalopods,

in various commercial categories.

Sicily hosts 40 percent of purse seiners, which target basically European anchovies (Engraulis

encrasicolus); another 36 percent is spread along the Tyrrhenian coasts; and the rest of the fleet is

located in the central-southern Adriatic. Pelagic trawlers and hydraulic dredgers are concentrated

along the Adriatic coast.

Italian fishery captures increased from 186 400 tonnes in 1950 to 481 300 tonnes in 1984. However, in

the years that followed, Italian captures dropped to a low of 269 900 tonnes in 2002. In 2005, Italian

captures totalled 298 400 tonnes (Figure 4). The Italian catch output is decreasing due to the status of

the fish stocks in the Mediterranean, where between 80 and 90 percent percent of Italian catches come

from. In order to halt this decline, the EU has been launching sustainability measures aimed at

reducing fishing capacity, introducing fishing quotas and protecting juveniles and by-catches.


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Figure 4

Fig. 4. Italian fishery captures, 1950-2005

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The main species landed are the small pelagics, e.g. the European anchovy and the European sardine.

Among demersal fish, the most abundant species landed is the European hake (Merluccius

merluccius). An important portion of total Italian landings is cephalopods, comprising common

cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), and horned octopus (Eledone

cirrhosa). The deep-water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) is the most important crustacean

landed (Table 4).

Table 4. Composition of the Italian catch, 1950-2005 (tonnes).

Species 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975

European anchovy 28 100 31 500 20 500 44 100 54 974 51 049

Marine fishes nei 58 700 65 000 37 600 92 400 93 148 64 352

European hake 5 400 2 700 6 500 8 800 10 316 14 330

Striped venus 3 100 4 900 4 400 8 800 15 692 52 739

Deep-water rose shrimp 4 000 3 600 5 800 5 000 5 987 9 518

European pilchard(=Sardine) 27300 30200 31900 31600 45296 44347

Cuttlefish,bobtail squids nei 4 400 7 000 6 600 13 400 12 081 11 820

Mediterranean mussel 8 900 14 000 14 200 14 000 14 290 4 548

TOTAL (inc. others) 186 395 218 448 212 660 343 041 387 117 397 103

Species 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005

European anchovy 79 282 57 275 15 993 42 746 50 728 63 361

Marine fishes nei 68 629 59 829 41 227 39 476 24 131 27 611

European hake 12 096 33 766 21 612 38 051 9 220 15 397

Striped venus 29 336 25 603 21 174 32 609 34 191 14 946

Deep-water rose shrimp 6 562 18 782 20 922 7 998 7 500 13 364

European pilchard (=Sardine) 47 712 47 382 37 737 36 825 25 805 12 039

Cuttlefish,bobtail squids nei 15 349 14 915 9 877 12 389 6 325 10 518

Mediterranean mussel 9 326 10 984 20 314 21 425 44 200 10 000

TOTAL (inc. others) 427 645 479 396 371 864 396 791 302 149 298 373


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The main targeted species vary according to fleet segment. The most important commercial species for

bottom trawlers are M. merluccius, red mullets (Mullus barbatus), Norway lobster (Nephrops

norvegicus), deep-water rose shrimp, spottail mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis), common octopus,

horned octopus and squids of the species Loligo vulgaris and Illex coindetii. Artisanal vessels target a

wide number of species, both demersal and pelagic, such as cuttlefish, octopus, scorpionfish

(Scorpaena spp.), common spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas), hake, common sole (Solea vulgaris),

sparids and serranids, swordfish (Xiphias gladius), tuna-like fishes, etc. Purse seiners and pelagic

trawlers target basically small pelagics, such as sardine and anchovy. The tuna fishery exploits

Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and, to a lesser extent, albacore (Thunnus alalunga). Among

bivalves, the main target species for hydraulic dredgers are clams (Tapes spp., Chamalea galina and

Callista chione).

Aquaculture

Aquaculture in Italy is an activity relying on a wide range of species and of applied technologies. Two

main production practices dominate Italian aquaculture. The first one regards the coastal lagoon

management, from culture-based fisheries to vallicultura, e.g. aquaculture developed in coastal

lagoons. The second system is represented by fish farming plants of euryhaline species (mainly

European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax and gilthead seabream Sparus aurata).

The main farming systems employed in Italy are:

• Extensive farming (with farm surface around 15 000 ha);

• Semi-extensive farming (with farm surface around 27 000 ha);

• Intensive farming; and

• Mussel culture.

Historically, some farming of seabass and seabream was reported in Roman documents already 2 000

years ago. In more modern times, the presence of some kind of extensive, large-scale vallicultura

aquaculture was reported since the fifteenth century in the Adriatic. In the nineteenth century, the

culture of shellfish became common practice, particularly in the Western Mediterranean and the

Adriatic. At first, farms used to belong to public companies or state-controlled power companies. In

fact, the waters from the cooling cycle of the turbines in the power stations are regularly available at a

constant average temperature to supply the aquaculture plants. The second step of aquaculture

evolution started after the Second World War in the continental regions, following the modernisation

process that accelerated trout farming to world level. In those years, Italian aquaculture used to take

place mainly in inland areas, in lagoons and ponds, where trout, carp (Cyprinus carpio) and eel

(Anguilla anguilla) were grown.

Modern marine intensive aquaculture production started between the late seventies and the early

eighties. At the experimental level, farming of European seabass and gilthead seabream only started

during the late eighties. Entirely private and independent seabass and seabream farm plants were

established only at the beginning of the nineties. These companies were initially oriented towards the

development of land-based plants located along coastal areas, because intensive farming is

traditionally land-based. However, environmental and aesthetic considerations, as well as the lack of

land due to the use of coastal areas limited the development of intensive farming. Hence, EU and

national funding stimulated the development of offshore systems in the second half of the nineties.

However, offshore cage cultivation is far from being uncontroversial. Offshore aquaculture

development has the potential to cause many of the same problems which have been generated by

some forms of coastal aquaculture development, such as pollution from waste, negative impacts on

wild population of fish through escapes, dependence on wild fisheries for feed inputs and negative

interactions with other stakeholders.

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The rapid expansion of the Italian fish farming sector has required a large amount of effort and

investment which has contributed to the development of the sector. The aquaculture sector in Italy is

financed by the EU Structural Funds as well as national initiatives. In Italy, aquaculture (whether

marine or freshwater) is considered a farming activity. The policy and administrative framework of the

aquaculture sector is managed by the Ministry of Forestry, Department of Fishery and Aquaculture.

Law no. 122 of 27 March 2001, as supplemented by Law no. 102 of 5 February 1992, describes fish

farming entrepreneurs as: “agricultural entrepreneurs, under Art. 2135 of the Civil Code, subjects,

individual or legal persons, single or in partnership, who practise aquaculture and the relevant

harvesting activities within fresh, salted or brackish water”. The legal aspects that limit the

development of aquaculture are linked to the presence of environmental regulations, to the complexity

of the rules concerning state concessions, as well as to the difficulties encountered in the course of the

implementation and enforcement of International Sanitary Regulations.

Italian aquaculture production grew from 300 tonnes in 1950 to 180 900 tonnes in 2005, peaking at

218 300 tonnes in 200117

. (Figure 5).

Figure 5

Fig. 5. Italian aquaculture production, 1950-2005

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The main cultured species are the Japanese carpet shell (Ruditapes philippinarum), the Mediterranean

mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Sturgeon

(Acipenser spp.) farming is growing, whilst farming of a traditional species, the European eel is

currently at the same output level as in 1970 (Table 5).

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Aquaculture output was significantly lower in 2004 due to a major decline in the production of mussels

following the anomalously hot water temperature of the summer of 2003.

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Table 5. Composition of the Italian aquaculture output, 1970-2005 (tonnes).

Species 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005

Japanese carpet shell 0 0 0 1 16 710 60 000 53 000 65 893

Mediterranean mussel 12 000 30 000 46 948 65 000 84 200 84 000 94 000 63 577

Rainbow trout 13 500 16 000 20 400 25 000 35 000 50 000 44 500 30 558

Gilthead seabream 10 80 250 360 850 3 200 6 000 6 914

European seabass 30 120 340 1 050 3 600 8 100 6 262

Grooved carpet shell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 785

Sturgeons nei 0 0 0 0 250 500 550 1 158

European eel 1 073 1 716 2 722 2 800 4 100 3 000 2 700 1 132

TOTAL (inc. others) 28 632 51 088 74 640 104 301 148 744 209 725 213 525 180 943


Italy is one of the main global producers of mussels and clams, mostly farmed in the Adriatic regions.

The main technology is represented by longlines for intensive production and lagoons for extensive or

organic production.

The most important freshwater cultured species are trout, sturgeon and carp. Freshwater species are

mainly reared in ponds and raceways. In the north-east of the country finfish are cultured in

vallicultura and ponds. Cage culture is the main farming system in the south and in the main islands.

The most important euryhaline species are seabream, seabass and eels. There are currently

approximately 130 farms producing euryhaline species. The production of gilthead seabream and

European seabass represents around 96 percent of the total Italian production of euryhaline species.

Farms are scattered throughout the Italian territory, mainly in the southern regions. However, Italian

production of seabass declined from 12 200 tonnes in 2001 to 9 000 tonnes in 2006. At the same time,

seabream production declined from 10 500 tonnes in 2001 to 8 800 tonnes in 2006 (source:

AQUAMEDIA). The Italian seabass and seabream farming industry has experienced difficulty coping

with the challenges of internationalization of production; hence, it has remained small, fragmented and

struggling against the global decline of bass and bream prices. Instead, seabass and seabream farming

in other countries such as Greece and Spain have grown through consolidation and vertical integration.

Currently 14 fish species and 11 shellfish species are cultured and/or being studied. At least 11 new

species are now ready to be commercially cultured. The new species represent a great opportunity, but

also a potential threat for the well established markets of seabass and seabream.

2.3.2 International Trade

Imports

Italy is a net importer of seafood due to the increasing consumption and declining domestic supply.

Italian seafood imports increased from 353 300 tonnes in 1976 to 970 100 tonnes in 2006 (Figure 6).

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Figure 6

Fig. 6. Italian seafood imports, 1976-2006

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(sources: FAO FISHSTAT Plus -1976 to 2005- and EUROSTAT -2006).

Fresh, frozen and cured molluscs represent the main group of commodities imported by Italy. Italian

imports of molluscs increased from 167 200 tonnes in 1995 to 259 100 tonnes in 2006. They include

frozen Loligo squid, frozen octopus, fresh/live mussels and frozen cuttlefish. In 2006, imports of fresh,

frozen and cured molluscs represented nearly 30 percent of total Italian seafood imports. Prepared and

preserved fish, mostly canned tuna, follows with 183 200 tonnes. Imports of fresh fish doubled in ten

years, from 62 900 tonnes in 1995 to 116 200 in 2006 (Table 6). Seabass and salmon (mostly farmed

Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, from Norway) represent the most important identified imports among

fresh fish. In turn, the market for live fish represents a small niche. The main categories imported in

live form are eel and ornamental saltwater fish.

Imports of frozen fish declined from 146 300 tonnes in 1995 to 90 300 tonnes in 2006, mainly as a

result of the decline of imports of frozen whole yellowfin for canning18

. Imports of crustaceans, led by

frozen shrimp, reached almost 90 000 tonnes in 2006, against approximately 40 000 tonnes in 1995.

Imports of canned molluscs and crustaceans are more limited, but equally growing. Imports of fish

meal and fish oil dropped dramatically due to the decline of supply of small pelagics from the Pacific

Ocean (Table 6). Imports of fish fillets and fish meat (including surimi), increased from a total of

51 300 tonnes in 1995 to 98 800 tonnes in 2006. This is due to the increasing role of supermarkets and

hypermarkets purchasing pre-filleted fish rather than selling whole fish or undertaking the filleting

operations themselves.

Imports of cured fish remained stable during the 1995-2006 period (Table 6). The main cured fish

consumed in Italy are smoked salmon and cured cod (mostly Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua). Imports of

smoked salmon are growing, due to the increasing supply of cheaper fish from aquaculture which has

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changed the status of salmon from luxury fish to affordable foodstuff, whereas imports of cured cod

are stagnant. Cod used to be consumed traditionally in Italy as the typical working class meal in wet-

salted, dried-salted and dried-unsalted form. Declining cod stocks resulted in higher production costs

and higher prices, hence cod has turned out to be an unaffordable option for low income groups

without really entering the food culture of the Italian middle class.

Table 6. Italian seafood imports by group of commodities (1 000 tonnes).

Product type 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Molluscs, fresh frozen, cured 167.23 169.27 186.32 198.26 228.43 209.55

Prepared and preserved fish 74.97 85.25 98.9 109.56 122.86 127.83

Fresh fish 62.85 67.85 70.46 76.69 92.25 90.83

Frozen fish 146.3 133.18 120.43 121.6 123.92 117.19

Crustaceans, fresh, frozen,

cured 41.43 48.34 45.41 58.03 58.43 63.1

Meals and Oils 128.87 109.29 112.24 87.55 99.32 106.19

Frozen fish fillets 42.68 46.41 43.13 49.76 46.36 46.11

Cured fish 38.53 38.71 38.19 36.69 36.8 33.55

Fresh fish fillets 5.51 8.4 10.47 11.51 11.05 14.62

Prepared and preserved

molluscs 7.51 7.15 6.95 5.99 4.54 7.34


crustaceans 5.28 4.84 4.93 5.88 6.47 6.29

Frozen fish meat and surimi 3.07 3.99 4.78 4.8 5.49 4.47

Live fish 5.65 6.59 4.93 3.91 4.23 2.66

TOTAL 729.9 729.3 747.1 770.2 840.1 829.7

Product type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Molluscs, fresh frozen, cured 227.07 234.05 241.44 242.14 247.58 259.07

Prepared and preserved fish 136.6 147.5 165.36 172.75 183.66 183.23

Fresh fish 98.97 94.64 106.06 108.11 113.96 116.22

Frozen fish 115.22 111.98 108.35 99.34 93.71 90.32

Crustaceans, fresh, frozen,

cured 71.9 64.11 71.25 73.77 78.93 89.13

Meals and Oils 109.77 85.25 85.21 81.35 87.85 68.67

Frozen fish fillets 52.14 52.91 52.39 55.19 57.14 64.8

Cured fish 38.1 35.69 37.06 39.72 38.71 37.99

Fresh fish fillets 16.93 18.34 21.76 25.78 29.58 28.46


molluscs 7.4 10.07 9.93 11.87 11.71 13.87


crustaceans 7.09 6.22 7.24 8.12 9.15 8.78

Frozen fish meat and surimi 5.27 5.37 4.93 3.88 5.01 5.58

Live fish 2.81 3.95 4.28 2.4 2.66 4

TOTAL 889.3 870.1 915.2 924.4 959.6 970.1

(source: EUROSTAT).

Fish meal is the main single commodity imported into Italy. However, Italian imports of fish meal

declined from 98 700 tonnes in 1995 to slightly more than 54 000 tonnes in 2006 (Table 7).

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Frozen shrimps and prawns are the most important commodities in terms of unit values. Furthermore,

consumption of shrimps and prawns in Italy is growing: total Italian shrimp imports increased from

48 200 tonnes in 2002 to 76 700 tonnes in 2006 (Table 7). The Ecuadorian farming industry managed

to produce good enough shrimps for the quality-conscious Italian market.

There is a strong consumption of cephalopods in Italy. Frozen Loligo squid is the main cephalopod

import category, growing from 23 300 tonnes in 1995, equivalent to EUR46.6 million, to

52 300 tonnes in 2006, equivalent to EUR151.2 million. Frozen octopus follows with 51 200 tonnes in

2006, equivalent to EUR188.7 million. Frozen cuttlefish totalled 22 200 tonnes in 2006 and frozen

Illex squid totalled 20 000 tonnes in the same year (Table 7).

Canned tuna is mostly imported from Spain and developing countries enjoying EU tariff benefits such

as Seychelles and Côte d’Ivoire. Argentine hake, seabass, swordfish and salmon are amongst the most

important finfish imported into Italy. The development of farming turned salmon and seabass from

being exclusive, niche products to mass production products. In particular, dwindling domestic

supplies of both wild and farmed seabass in Italy fostered imports in order to ensure a steady supply of

one of the Italian consumer’s favourite fish products. The increasing availability of cheaper farmed

fish from Greece and other Mediterranean countries led to a decline in unit values of seabass prices in

Italy, from EUR7.46/kg in 1996 to EUR4.86/kg in 2006 (Table 7).

Table 7. Italian seafood import quantities, values and unit values by main commodity.

Commodity 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

1 000 MT 98.72 86.35 88.9 66.99 69.85 76.76

million € 37.95 43.89 51.08 45.35 35.24 42.58 23012000 – Fish meal

€/kg 0.38 0.51 0.57 0.68 0.5 0.55

1 000 MT 23.25 22.38 26.68 26.71 29.44 35.77

million € 46.57 47.89 62.64 67.98 61.49 82.13

03074938 - Frozen Loligo squid

(except L. vulgaris and L.

patagonica) €/kg 2 2.14 2.35 2.55 2.09 2.3

1 000 MT 0 0 27.08 30.51 34.73 32.79

million € 0 0 103.69 120.63 124.44 115.05 16041411 - Canned tuna in oil

€/kg 0 0 3.83 3.95 3.58 3.51

1 000 MT 27.95 26.57 30.73 28.21 52.21 34.69

million € 85.61 81.83 111.46 85.23 124.92 77.67 03075910 - Frozen octopus

€/kg 3.06 3.08 3.63 3.02 2.39 2.24

1 000 MT 16.51 21.06 27.33 31.67 30.88 27.25

million € 51.46 62.75 97.07 132.26 103.39 88.79 16041416 - Frozen pre-cooked tuna

loins €/kg 3.12 2.98 3.55 4.18 3.35 3.26

1 000 MT 0 0 5.93 5.51 11.04 11.14

million € 0 0 39.85 33.47 69.49 91.03

03061350 - Frozen Penaeus

shrimp, cooked by steaming or

boiling in water €/kg 0 0 6.72 6.07 6.29 8.17

1 000 MT 15.33 15.86 17.21 18.25 18.98 18.63

million € 42.07 41.58 45.71 50.12 57.27 57.77

16041991 -Frozen breaded or

battered fish fillets (excl. salmon,

herring, sardine, sardinella, sprat,

tuna, skipjack, bonitos, mackerel,

anchovies) €/kg 2.74 2.62 2.66 2.75 3.02 3.1

1 000 MT 21.44 19.37 27.32 28.2 30.36 23.44

million € 10.74 11.06 15.4 18.23 21.12 15.93 03073110 - Live, fresh or chilled

mussels €/kg 0.5 0.57 0.56 0.65 0.7 0.68

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(Cont)

1 000

MT 0 18.5 17.28 18.52 21.09 20.88

million € 0 95.25 89.24 97.94 106.79 111.15

03026999 - Edible fresh

saltwater fish

€/kg 0 5.15 5.16 5.29 5.06 5.32

1 000

MT 0 0 15.53 25.02 18.66 22.98

million € 0 0 97.63 164.06 115.75 166.91

03061380 - Frozen shrimp and

prawns, excluding Crangon

spp. Pandalidae, Parapenaeus

longirostris and Penaeus spp. €/kg 0 0 6.29 6.56 6.2 7.26

1 000

MT 0.19 1.01 0.51 0.55 0.84 0.81

million € 0.56 2.01 1.21 1.76 3.05 2.44

03079918 - Frozen unidentified

molluscs

€/kg 2.92 1.98 2.38 3.23 3.64 3.03

1 000

MT 22.69 25.73 32.45 33.69 30.11 31.6

million € 48.08 53.49 86.35 80.81 60.95 71.86

03074918 - Frozen cuttlefish

Sepia officinalis and Rossia

macrosoma €/kg 2.12 2.08 2.66 2.4 2.02 2.27

1 000

MT 9.02 9.46 16.75 20.01 21.37 18.32

million € 13.74 14.6 24.18 23.33 24.43 23.75 03079911 - Frozen Illex squid

€/kg 1.52 1.54 1.44 1.17 1.14 1.3

1 000

MT 0 0 9.47 10.97 11.96 7.61

million € 0 0 18.61 24.71 28.12 24.59

03042056 -Frozen fillets of

Argentine hake, Merluccius

hubbsi €/kg 0 0 1.96 2.25 2.35 3.23

1 000

MT 0 4.24 6.1 6.86 9.94 10.77

million € 0 31.61 42.97 48.36 57.9 56

03026994 - Fresh and chilled

Seabass Dicentrarchus labrax

€/kg 0 7.46 7.05 7.05 5.83 5.2

1 000

MT 3.98 5.66 6.84 8.89 11.77 9.16

million € 15.46 22.6 31.26 28.49 33.71 49.16

03037987 - Frozen Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

€/kg 3.89 4 4.57 3.2 2.86 5.37

1 000

MT 8.86 11.11 10.89 12.11 13.45 11.01

million € 35.89 38.8 39.81 44.9 49.13 46.52


Pacific, Atlantic and Danube

salmon €/kg 4.05 3.49 3.66 3.71 3.65 4.22

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(Cont)

1 000

MT 28.06 20.93 20.98 18.95 28.03 27.68

million € 10.69 8.83 11.7 14.36 13.15 10.92 15042090 -Fish oil

€/kg 0.38 0.42 0.56 0.76 0.47 0.39

1 000

MT 0 2.53 4.68 5.71 9.76 10.98

million € 0 14.02 23.84 29.83 44.1 48.76

03026995 -Fresh and chilled

saltwater fish unidentified

€/kg 0 5.54 5.1 5.22 4.52 4.44

1 000

MT 0 0 0 0 0 0

million € 0 0 0 0 0 0

03037998 – Frozen saltwater

fish

€/kg 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 000

MT 730 729 747 770 840 830

million

€ 1895 2066 2320 2547 2623 2790 TOTAL (inc. others)

€/kg 2.6 2.83 3.11 3.31 3.12 3.36

Commodity 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

1 000

MT 87.66 67.21 66.06 65.05 63.15 54.08

million € 49.75 46.55 40.76 38.67 36.1 44.13 23012000 – Fish meal

€/kg 0.57 0.69 0.62 0.59 0.57 0.82

1 000

MT 37.6 33.96 42.22 44.68 47.28 52.27 03074938 - Frozen Loligo

squid (except L. vulgaris and L.

patagonica) million € 86.97 89.08 100.28 108.7 126.76 151.21

€/kg 2.31 2.62 2.38 2.43 2.68 2.89

1 000

MT 37.58 42.48 48.39 51.39 53.84 51.95

million € 138.7 167.81 192.4 195.72 209.17 222.52 16041411 - Canned tuna in oil

€/kg 3.69 3.95 3.98 3.81 3.89 4.28

1 000

MT 43.47 52.45 48.59 44.2 48.74 51.16

million € 130.6 207.36 192.68 160.08 171.7 188.71 03075910 - Frozen octopus

€/kg 3 3.95 3.97 3.62 3.52 3.69

1 000

MT 28.94 32.87 36.45 33.94 37.17 40.48

million € 102.3 121.21 115.01 102.02 127.59 147.09

16041416 - Frozen pre-cooked

tuna loins

€/kg 3.53 3.69 3.16 3.01 3.43 3.63

1 000

MT 12.59 13.54 17.29 21.24 26.65 34.84

million € 86.85 78.37 104.82 109.41 138.04 189.32

03061350 - Frozen Penaeus

shrimp, cooked by steaming or

boiling in water €/kg 6.9 5.79 6.06 5.15 5.18 5.43

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(Cont)

1 000

MT 19.64 21.01 22.46 26.33 28.27 27.45

million € 62.73 66.56 66.36 72.87 79.36 83.58

16041991 -Frozen breaded or

battered fish fillets (excl.

salmon, herring, sardine,

sardinella, sprat, tuna, skipjack,

bonitos, mackerel, anchovies) €/kg 3.19 3.17 2.96 2.77 2.81 3.05

1 000

MT 20.5 24.53 30.52 32.17 21.41 25.69

million € 14.41 18.58 22.93 23.74 14.98 16.47

03073110 - Live, fresh or

chilled mussels

€/kg 0.7 0.76 0.75 0.74 0.7 0.64

1 000

MT 0 19.37 21.81 22.59 23.45 24.34

million € 0 113.26 121.98 125.97 132.17 137.76

03026999 - Edible fresh

saltwater fish

€/kg 0 5.85 5.59 5.58 5.64 5.66

1 000

MT 27.5 21.67 23.08 19.72 20.03 22.79

million € 182.1 136.18 164.74 119.02 113.79 141.33

03061380 - Frozen shrimp and

prawns, excluding Crangon

spp. Pandalidae, Parapenaeus

longirostris and Penaeus spp. €/kg 6.62 6.29 7.14 6.04 5.68 6.2

1 000

MT 1.68 1.36 1.3 1.17 3.5 22.57

million € 4.15 3.75 3.48 2.58 6.56 54.18

03079918 - Frozen unidentified

molluscs

€/kg 2.47 2.75 2.67 2.2 1.88 2.4

1 000

MT 35.69 37.05 34.83 36.51 38.27 22.24

million € 87.93 93.18 81.11 78.08 86.09 59.49

03074918 - Frozen cuttlefish

Sepia officinalis and Rossia

macrosoma €/kg 2.46 2.51 2.33 2.14 2.25 2.67

1 000

MT 18.02 17.08 17.01 15.33 18.39 20.04

million € 27.44 23.11 25.16 29.36 34.46 28.04 03079911 - Frozen Illex squid

€/kg 1.52 1.35 1.48 1.92 1.87 1.4

1 000

MT 8.66 12.95 12.77 15.26 15.16 19.25

million € 26.85 35.3 32.96 37.11 42.6 58.62

03042056 -Frozen fillets of

Argentine hake, Merluccius

hubbsi €/kg 3.1 2.73 2.58 2.43 2.81 3.05

1 000

MT 11.32 13.47 14.69 16.82 18.94 16.61

million € 50.83 57.26 67.51 83.41 89.54 80.8


Seabass Dicentrarchus labrax

€/kg 4.49 4.25 4.59 4.96 4.73 4.86

1 000

MT 10.94 10.42 12.96 13.16 14.35 14.19

million € 55.14 39.08 43.59 55.3 64.57 63.2

03037987 - Frozen Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

€/kg 5.04 3.75 3.36 4.2 4.5 4.45

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(Cont)

1 000

MT 13.5 12.74 14.11 14.35 13.57 13.59

million € 47.74 45.12 43.3 44.25 51.79 64.96


Pacific, Atlantic and Danube

salmon €/kg 3.54 3.54 3.07 3.08 3.82 4.78

1 000

MT 21.46 17.03 17.97 14.82 23.17 13.22

million € 11.68 12.39 12.47 11 16.83 13.34 15042090 -Fish oil

€/kg 0.54 0.73 0.69 0.74 0.73 1.01

1 000

MT 12.4 12.2 12.01 12.83 14.26 12.53

million € 47.54 46.35 47.38 58.36 62.31 56.38

03026995 -Fresh and chilled

saltwater fish unidentified

€/kg 3.83 3.8 3.94 4.55 4.37 4.5

1 000

MT 17.38 15.56 16.78 13.81 11.33 12.25

million € 36.03 30.74 31.04 22.26 19.5 20.56

03037998 – Frozen saltwater

fish

€/kg 2.07 1.98 1.85 1.61 1.72 1.68

1 000

MT 889 870 915 924 960 970

million

€ 3102 3117 3209 3254 3517 3812 TOTAL (inc. others)

€/kg 3.49 3.58 3.51 3.52 3.67 3.93

(source: EUROSTAT).

Spain is the main exporter of seafood to Italy. Imports from Spain amount to approximately 20 percent of

total Italian seafood imports. France, Denmark and the Netherlands follow (Table 8), even though certain

imports from the Netherlands are really from trans-shipment from third countries via Rotterdam.

Table 8. Italian seafood imports by main country of origin, 1995-2006 (1 000 tonnes).

Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Spain 120.9 130.7 135.8 132.8 144.2 156.4 172.9 170.8 175.5 176.1 174.9 185.4

France 55.6 56.1 49.3 49.9 56.4 68.6 70.7 63.6 68.4 74.1 68.0 69.2

Denmark 74.3 74.6 70.9 84.8 85.0 77.4 74.1 64.0 65.2 67.5 68.0 59.6

The Netherlands 69.0 64.3 63.6 63.7 59.0 54.9 56.9 53.8 52.8 53.8 53.1 54.8

Thailand 21.1 20.4 22.2 35.9 31.1 28.0 28.7 34.2 37.4 38.8 36.8 43.3

Germany 23.5 27.1 31.6 32.1 33.6 32.4 35.0 33.3 32.7 35.6 37.3 40.0

Greece 26.2 29.0 36.0 36.8 46.4 42.0 38.8 39.2 43.6 40.9 40.0 38.9

Argentina 23.6 25.6 24.0 33.1 38.3 20.9 26.6 33.5 29.4 29.5 24.7 36.0

Ecuador 5.7 7.0 9.6 15.3 16.7 13.2 15.4 20.8 22.1 23.7 27.5 33.3

Chile 39.9 27.6 28.2 14.2 8.6 17.8 44.4 36.5 40.8 40.1 39.7 33.2

Vietnam 0.4 0.9 4.1 5.0 5.8 6.6 8.7 11.0 13.7 13.6 21.4 32.6

Morocco 20.5 17.2 14.7 19.8 18.4 26.4 26.2 23.5 21.3 15.4 21.7 24.0

India 17.3 14.0 8.8 6.2 9.5 11.0 14.0 11.2 12.9 14.8 15.9 20.6

United Kingdom 18.2 20.3 16.5 20.6 20.4 19.5 18.2 17.3 19.6 22.7 22.8 18.8

Malaysia 4.9 5.1 5.7 6.2 6.8 6.9 7.0 5.9 10.8 13.3 16.8 18.8

Peru 45.5 37.0 40.3 10.7 37.4 33.5 33.0 18.2 25.9 19.4 33.4 18.5

China 0.2 0.2 0.1 3.0 4.1 10.0 14.9 4.2 7.4 8.5 12.4 17.3

Croatia 6.2 6.8 7.2 5.9 6.7 6.4 6.6 7.9 8.2 11.0 13.1 15.1

Colombia 4.9 8.2 18.2 15.5 14.4 16.5 11.7 16.4 18.4 19.4 21.4 14.8

South Africa 10.8 11.9 9.4 13.3 14.3 14.4 13.4 13.9 14.2 16.0 15.6 13.4

TOTAL

(inc. others) 729.9 729.3 747.1 770.2 840.1 829.7 889.3 870.1 915.2 924.4 959.6 970.1

(source: EUROSTAT).

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The share of developing countries is significant and growing. Italian imports of fish from developing

countries and region increased from 288 600 tonnes in 1995 to 436 100 tonnes in 2006.

Imports from Thailand doubled between 1995 and 2006 (Table 8). The main imported product is frozen

Loligo squid, which represents approximately 50 percent of Italian imports of seafood from Thailand.

Argentina is the second developing country exporter to Italy, mainly shipping frozen fillets of Argentine

hake and frozen squid. Ecuadorian supplies grew from 5 700 tonnes in 1995 to 33 300 tonnes in 2006

(Table 8) through the development of state-of-the-art, export-oriented shrimp farms and tuna processing

facilities. The main products imported from Ecuador are frozen Penaeus shrimps and frozen pre-cooked

tuna loins, representing altogether more than 90 percent of Italian seafood imports from Ecuador in 2006.

Imports from Vietnam increased from almost zero in 1995 to 32 600 tonnes in 2006 (Table 8), the main

products being frozen Pangasius fillets and frozen Eledone octopus. In turn, frozen Octopus spp. is the

main imported seafood from Morocco. Imports from this North African country remained relatively stable

between 1995 and 2006, apart from the collapse in 2004, due to the closing of the octopus fisheries in this

country.

Whilst Italian imports from other developing countries are dominated by a few major products, imports

from India are quite fragmented. In 2006, the main products imported from India were frozen molluscs

(29 percent of Italian seafood imports from India), frozen Loligo squid (18 percent), frozen unidentified

shrimps and prawns (15 percent), frozen cuttlefish (12 percent), frozen octopus (11 percent) and frozen

Penaeus shrimp (6 percent). Imports from Malaysia are also growing (from 4 900 tonnes in 1995 to

18 800 tonnes in 2006, Table 8) and relatively fragmented in terms of products, the main exported

commodities being frozen molluscs, frozen Loligo squid, frozen cuttlefish, frozen Penaeus shrimp,

preparations of surimi and frozen unidentified shrimps and prawns.

Chinese imports increased from almost zero in 1995 to 17 300 tonnes in 2006 (Table 8), excluding the

period between 2002 and 2004, when imports of seafood from China was banned on health and safety

grounds. The main products imported from China are surimi preparations, frozen Loligo squid, frozen

unidentified shrimps and prawns, frozen monk and frozen unidentified freshwater fish. Finally, imports

from Colombia are dominated by frozen pre-cooked loins for canning and canned tuna. Like Ecuador,

Colombia hosts state-of-the-art tuna processing plants.

Among the top twenty seafood exporters to Italy, most developing countries increased their imports to the

country. Only Chilean and Peruvian imports declined due to a drop in fish meal production caused by the

scarcer availability of small pelagics in the Pacific Ocean.

Exports

Italian seafood exports increased from 78 350 tonnes in 1976 to 148 600 tonnes in 2006, peaking at

151 300 tonnes in 1985 (Figure 7).

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Figure 7

Fig. 7. Italian seafood exports, 1976-2006

20 000

40 000

60 000

80 000

100 000

120 000

140 000

160 000

1976

1981

1986

1991

1996

2001

2006

year

ton

nes

(sources: FAO FISHSTAT Plus -1976 to 2005- and EUROSTAT -2006-).

The main countries of destination for Italian exports are other developed countries, especially EU member

states. The top destinations for Italian exports are Spain, France, Germany and Greece (Table 9).

Italy mainly exports fresh and chilled anchovies to Spain, in order to supply its anchovy processing

industry. Other significant exports are live, fresh or chilled unidentified molluscs (live, fresh/chilled and

dried-salted), live and fresh scallops, fresh and chilled saltwater fish and sardines, both in fresh and frozen

form. Live and fresh mussels are the main export to France, followed by frozen pre-cooked tuna loins, the

latter a trans-shipment from Latin America. Fresh unidentified saltwater fish and canned tuna in oil are the

main export to Germany. Fishmeal and canned tuna are the main exports to Greece.

Table 9. Italian seafood exports by main country of destination, 1995-2006 (1 000 tonnes).

Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Spain 50.38 44.72 53.6 46.69 54.27 58.64 48.09 40.49 51.6 54.81 59.77 64.48

France 15.79 22.79 21.05 23.62 18.3 22.35 20.79 21.72 15.08 15.23 16.32 15.22

Germany 8.34 9.07 10.13 11.48 11.11 12.29 14.41 11.8 10.28 10.63 11.14 11.52

Greece 10.07 10.79 13.9 13.3 13.32 14.51 12.72 12.17 10.11 9.61 9.02 11.25

TOTAL

(inc. others) 126.17 126.67 131.5 130.55 126.27 139.38 133.7 127.28 123.71 128.71 137.39 148.56

(source: EUROSTAT).

Fresh anchovies represent the largest export commodity in volume terms, whilst canned tuna in oil is the

highest value export commodity (Table 10).

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Table 10. Italian seafood export quantities, values and unit values by main commodity.

Commodity 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

1 000 MT 7.9 4.69 13.85 6.84 5.25 10.38

million € 9.21 7.38 18.77 8.55 6.46 12.26 3026955 - Fresh/chilled

anchovies €/kg 1.17 1.57 1.35 1.25 1.23 1.18

1 000 MT 0 7.51 9.65 10.66 11.63 13.39

million € 0 21.3 27.82 29.43 30.67 36 03026999 - Unidentified fresh or

chilled saltwater fish

€/kg 0 2.84 2.88 2.76 2.64 2.69

1 000 MT 0 0 4.41 4.89 5.25 8.89

million € 0 0 22.17 24.26 26.49 37.51 16041411 - Canned tuna in oil

€/kg 0 0 5.03 4.96 5.05 4.22

1 000 MT 2.85 5.72 4.35 5.32 4.21 6.2

million € 2.38 3.87 3.33 3.67 3.53 5.72 03073110 - Live, fresh or chilled

mussels €/kg 0.84 0.68 0.77 0.69 0.84 0.92

1 000 MT 20.16 14.08 10.85 11.14 4.76 3.39

million € 8.12 7.38 5.84 6.78 2.44 2.5 23012000 -Fish meal

€/kg 0.4 0.52 0.54 0.61 0.51 0.74

1 000 MT 9.87 13.52 12.48 12.56 14.57 10.68

million € 16.15 19.96 21.99 24.73 24.05 24.96 03079100 -Unidentified live,

fresh or chilled molluscs

€/kg 1.64 1.48 1.76 1.97 1.65 2.34

1 000 MT 12.09 11.11 9.37 10.04 11.53 10.72

million € 24.43 24.99 26.76 24.51 25.55 27.83 03079990 - Unidentified dried,

salted molluscs

€/kg 2.02 2.25 2.86 2.44 2.22 2.6

1 000 MT 0.96 1.58 1.6 1.8 2.52 2.6

million € 1.99 2.46 3.06 3.61 4.71 6.18 03072100 - Live, fresh and

chilled scallops €/kg 2.08 1.56 1.91 2 1.87 2.38

1 000 MT 0.73 0.69 1.48 1.15 1.58 1.33

million € 1.42 1.18 1.89 1.46 2.25 2.17 03056300 - Salted anchovies

€/kg 1.93 1.71 1.28 1.28 1.42 1.63

1 000 MT 1.03 1.14 1.6 1.59 1.69 1.97

million € 4.5 5.37 7.23 7.69 8.18 9.29 16041418 – Canned tuna not in

oil €/kg 4.36 4.7 4.51 4.83 4.85 4.72

1 000 MT 126.17 126.67 131.5 130.55 126.27 139.38

million € 272.68 296.05 342.63 339.58 348.02 412.92 TOTAL (inc. others)

€/kg 2.16 2.34 2.61 2.6 2.76 2.96

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(Cont)

Commodity 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

1 000

MT 8.85 7.91 10.83 13.25 17.85 19.72

million € 11.73 9.86 14.4 15.82 27.77 35.98

3026955 - Fresh/chilled

anchovies

€/kg 1.32 1.25 1.33 1.19 1.56 1.83

1 000

MT 0 9.12 11.16 13.09 14.33 13.62

million € 0 29 36.51 39.83 40.09 42.18

03026999 - Unidentified fresh

or chilled saltwater fish

€/kg 0 3.18 3.27 3.04 2.8 3.1

1 000

MT 11.47 11.22 8.87 9.62 9.76 9.58

million € 52.72 55.69 42.63 45.58 47.34 50.29 16041411 - Canned tuna in oil

€/kg 4.6 4.96 4.81 4.74 4.85 5.25

1 000

MT 7.63 6 4.9 3.92 7.71 7.34

million € 5.89 6.03 4.15 4.24 5.92 5.86

03073110 - Live, fresh or

chilled mussels

€/kg 0.77 1.01 0.85 1.08 0.77 0.8

1 000

MT 4.62 6.57 4.66 4.08 4.59 6.83

million € 2.92 4.5 3.1 2.68 3 5.36 23012000 -Fish meal

€/kg 0.63 0.68 0.66 0.66 0.65 0.79

1 000

MT 8.57 4.68 7.18 8.08 7.62 6.67

million € 27.15 21.49 23.49 24.34 26.15 27.07

03079100 -Unidentified live,

fresh or chilled molluscs

€/kg 3.17 4.59 3.27 3.01 3.43 4.06

1 000

MT 8.16 5.69 7.05 8.32 7.44 6.51

million € 32.82 32.92 32 32.58 30.43 31.83

03079990 - Unidentified dried,

salted molluscs

€/kg 4.02 5.79 4.54 3.91 4.09 4.89

1 000

MT 3.07 1.2 2.63 2.97 2.8 4.45

million € 7.65 4.55 6.32 6.33 6.14 14.69

03072100 - Live, fresh and

chilled scallops

€/kg 2.49 3.8 2.4 2.13 2.19 3.3

1 000

MT 2.02 0.91 0.4 1.65 3.49 4.24

million € 2.84 1.49 1.07 2.94 8.15 10.78 03056300 - Salted anchovies

€/kg 1.4 1.64 2.7 1.78 2.33 2.54

1 000

MT 2.22 5.47 4.67 3.99 4.53 4.04

million € 10.96 23.52 20.01 17.13 19.09 18.58

16041418 – Canned tuna not in

oil

€/kg 4.93 4.3 4.28 4.29 4.21 4.59

1 000

MT 133.7 127.28 123.71 128.71 137.39 148.56

million

€ 434.14 460.98 417.63 459.3 498.11 579.36 TOTAL (inc. others)

€/kg 3.25 3.62 3.38 3.57 3.63 3.9

source: EUROSTAT)

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2.3.3. Processing

Most Italian catches are intended for human consumption. Nearly all catches from the Mediterranean are

marketed chilled or canned, whereas most catches from distant waters are frozen. Aquaculture products

are mostly sold fresh and whole, but some products are processed, such as trout, which are also sold

filleted or smoked, and other minor products are produced by the fish farmer in order to add value to the

product. The increase in cultured fish production during the last decade has brought about more

competition and a downward trend in sale prices.

FAO FISHSTAT data and estimates on seafood processing19

output in Italy indicated that there was an

increase from approximately 122 600 tonnes in 1976 to 208 800 tonnes in 2005, and a peak in 1999 with

231 800 tonnes (Figure 8).

Figure 8

Fig. 8. Seafood processing in Italy, 1976-2005

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Like in many other developed countries, the seafood processing sector in Italy is gradually being restricted

to the niche category of quality preparations due to lack of competitiveness vis-à-vis emerging economies

as far as mass production is concerned. Seafood canning and curing increased from 65 300 tonnes in 1976

to 164 800 tonnes in 1999, but declined to 114 900 tonnes in 2003. In 2005, estimated output of the Italian

seafood canning and curing industry amounted to 137 400 tonnes (Figure 9).

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Figure 9

Fig. 9. Seafood canning and curing in Italy,

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Tuna canning is the most important seafood processing activity in Italy. Up to the mid-nineties, tuna was

processed almost exclusively from frozen whole raw material. However, aggressive competition from

emerging countries, Thailand in particular, led the Italian tuna canning sector to increase its reliance on

frozen pre-cooked loins in order to capitalize on the cheaper labour force in Latin America whilst at the

same time partially protecting employment in Italy by undertaking the final cutting and canning operations

in the peninsula. As loining operations account for 80 percent of the total canning process a restructuring

of the sector took place. Furthermore, the ever-increasing competition from developing countries’

canneries in an increasingly globalised world contributed to the further shrinking of the sector. As a result,

production of canned tuna in Italy, which had increased from 38 200 tonnes in 1976 to 93 100 tonnes in

1992, declined to 59 600 tonnes in 2005 (Figure 9).

Salted anchovy production is another important, albeit mature, seafood processing activity in Italy. The

anchovy processing industry in Italy is mainly concentrated along the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the

area stretching from Campania to Calabria as well as in Sicily. Salted anchovies are either filleted and

packed in small glass jars, or sold directly in 5 kg barrels in supermarkets and retail shops. Production of

salted anchovies declined from 10 200 tonnes in 1976 to an average of less than 4 500 tonnes/year

between 1982 and 1992. However, it picked up in the years that followed to an average of

12 500 tonnes/year estimated between 2003 and 2005 (Figure 9). Italian anchovy packers rely on domestic

captures but they are also increasingly using cheaper pre-salted anchovies from Croatia and, to a lesser

extent, from Argentina. Several of these companies are also importing finished products from Albania

and marketing them under their own brands.

2.3.4. Key industry players

Fresh seafood

Supply of fresh fish in Italy is ensured by domestic producers and by imports. The main buyers are

supermarket and hypermarket chains that buy direct from the numerous, fragmented suppliers.

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Fishmonger in Messina, Sicily Compared to countries

such as France and the

United Kingdom, the

Italian retail sector is

relatively fragmented.

Nevertheless, in 2006,

supermarket and

hypermarket chains

reached a 77 percent

market share of the total

expenditure for food,

peaking at 88 percent for

drinks and groceries. There

is a relatively large number

of supermarket and

hypermarket chains active

in Italy, the most important

in terms of turnover

include COOP Italia

(17.7 percent market share

in 2005), Conad-Leclerc (9.5 percent), Carrefour (9.4 percent), Auchan (7.9 percent), Selex (7.2 percent),

Interdis (7.0 percent) and Esselunga (6.2 percent).

As several other countries, Italian retail chains grouped together to form larger buying groups, the most

important being Coop Italia (grouping Coop Italia, Sigma, Despar and il Gigante), holding a 24 percent

market share. Intermedia (Auchan, Bennet, Lombardia, Sun) has a 18 percent market share. ESD Italia

(Selex, Esselunga, Agora) holds a 17 percent market share. Carrefour (Carrefour, Finiper) holds a

14.5 percent market share. CONALEC (Conad, Leclerc, Rewe) holds a 12 percent market share and

finally Mecades (Metro, Interdis, Sisa, Despar Nord, Crai) holds a 11 percent market share. These retail

chains often reduce the cost of supplies by buying fish directly from producers or exporters. The latter

practice has helped the retail sector to reduce the number of intermediaries e.g. import companies and

wholesale markets.

Frozen seafood

Italian processors produce approximately 60 000 tonnes/year of frozen fish, crustaceans and molluscs. At

the same time, Italy imports between 160 000 and 170 000 tonnes/year of frozen seafood.

The main producer is the Panapesca Group, which employs 6 000 people and processes 70 000 tonnes of

fish per year. Panapesca has eight affiliates with business units in several countries such as USA,

Argentina, Uruguay, Spain, France, Morocco and Thailand. It supplies more than 6 000 customers among

supermarkets, catering, door-to-door, specialised shops and wholesalers. Its main products are marketed

under the company’s own brands Panapesca and Frescogel, but Panapesca also produces frozen seafood

for other brands, including supermarket labels.

Other key actors are Unilever-Sagit, with the brands Findus and Capitan Findus, Arena with the brands

Mare Pronto and Arena and Nestlé with the brands Buitoni, Surgela and Davigel. Unilever markets fish

fingers and breaded fish under the brands Findus and Capitan Findus and value-added seafood-based

ready meals under the brands That’s Amore and Quattro Salti in Padella. Arena markets fish fillets,

breaded fish, squid rings and shrimp tails under the brand Mare Pronto; value-added ready-meals

complete with side dish are marketed under the brand I Già Pronto. Finally, Nestlé markets fish fingers,

fish fillets and more elaborate dishes such as grilled hake in sauce under the brand Buitoni. Simpler fish

fillets are marketed by Nestlé under the brand Surgela and frozen fish for the catering sector is marketed

under the brand Davigel. Other important frozen fish brands are the Spanish Pescanova and the Italian

Orogel.


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Canned seafood

Solid pack yellowfin tuna in olive oil is the main canned seafood produced and consumed in Italy. The

largest brands in the Italian market are:

• Rio Mare, which accounts for 34 percent of the market;

• Nostromo, which accounts for 12 percent;

• Star (Mareaperto), which accounts for 9 percent;

• Palmera and its luxury line Alco, which accounts for 7 percent;

• Mareblu and Maruzzella, which account for 6 percent each.

Rio Mare is owned by the Dutch-based Bolton Group, which also owns the French canned tuna brand

Saupiquet and its cannery in Côte d’Ivoire. Nostromo is owned by the Spanish group Calvo. Mareblu

used to be owned by Heinz, however in 2006 it was sold together with all remaining European tuna

activities of Heinz to the investment bank Lehman Brothers. The owner of Star is the Spanish group

Jealsa, whilst Palmera and Maruzzella are owned by private Italian investors. Private brands, including

supermarket own labels, now take about 25 percent of the market.

In 1992, Italian canneries used to produce 93 100 tonnes of canned tuna in oil, whilst importing

30 300 tonnes only. According to 2005 data, Italy imports approximately 72 400 tonnes of canned tuna,

whilst producing less than 60 000 tonnes. Italy mostly imports its tuna from Spain (Nostromo and Star),

Côte d’Ivoire (Rio Mare) and Seychelles (Mareblu). Increasing relocation of investments in low cost

countries will widen further the gap between imports and domestic production.

2.3.5. Marketing

Home consumption

According to the national Institute for the Agricultural and Food Markets, ISMEA (Istituto di Servizi per il

Mercato Agricolo ed Agroalimentare), home consumption of seafood declined from 459 000 tonnes in

2000 to 417 000 tonnes in 2004. Fresh fish purchases declined by 3.6 percent/year; cured (dried, salted,

smoked) fish declined by

2.1 percent/year, whereas purchases

of frozen and canned seafood

remained steady. On the other hand,

Italian consumers increased their

expenditure for fish products from

EUR3.55 billion in 2000 to

EUR3.66 billion in 2004, an

increase which points to an increase

in seafood prices.

In 2004, of the total seafood

purchased for home consumption in

the new and traditional distribution

channels, the supermarket and

hypermarket share amounted to

57 percent in terms of quantity and

59 percent in terms of value. On the

other hand, seafood purchases in

fishmongers amounted to 21 percent

both in quantity and in value terms,

equivalent to a 7 percent decline

from 2000.

The wholesale fish market in Chioggia, Veneto


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The main group of products purchased by Italian families is fresh seafood, with 50 percent of purchases,

followed by frozen seafood (23 percent), canned seafood (20 percent) and finally cured fish (7 percent).

Between 2000 and 2004, 2 percent of total purchases shifted between fresh fish and canned fish. Among

the canned seafood products purchased by Italian families, canned tuna in oil enjoys a dominant position.

The fresh sector is more fragmented, with anchovies, seabass and seabream and mussels representing the

main products consumed. Among cured products, consumption of smoked salmon is growing while

consumption of stockfish is declining.

Away-from-home consumption

According to ISMEA data, more than 200 000 tonnes seafood are consumed annually away from home in

Italy. In the past, eating outside the home implied eating at a restaurant or pizzeria in the weekend or

during festive and holiday seasons. Working people used to go back home for lunch and few big offices

had cafeterias on their premises. The progressive adoption of a more dynamic working lifestyle based on

Northern models resulted in fewer people having time to come back home on lunch break and fewer

women staying at home to cook meals for their families. Hence, eating away from home at lunch time

during weekdays in office cafeterias and snack bars became a regular habit for Italian consumers,

especially in big cities.

The running of office cafeterias is outsourced to a few big catering companies which have also taken over

institutional catering such as restaurants and fast food services in railways and bus stations as well as

hospital, school and university canteens. The contracts are awarded to the caterers on a competitive basis;

hence, they are forced to focus on low-cost food. Caterers are obliged to offer a certain percentage of

seafood in their daily menu, most of it being frozen. The main seafood commodities appearing on their

menus are surimi and cephalopods as hors d’oeuvres, while farmed salmon, dogfish (Squalus acanthias),

breaded hake and increasingly high quantities of Nile perch (Lates niloticus) are offered as main courses.

The leisure catering sub-sector includes restaurants, pizzeria and hotels. Italian consumers may turn a

blind eye on everyday canteen food but they are extremely fussy about what they eat when they go out.

Fish is normally fresh, often shown on display at the restaurant counter. The most sophisticated seafood

restaurants have their own aquarium with live lobsters. Frozen seafood (such as cephalopods, clams,

mussels) is generally used for the preparation of hors d’oeuvres and pizzas. Generally supply of fresh fish

to restaurants is ensured by the wholesale market. The favoured species by the leisure catering sector are

molluscs (mussels, clams) followed by marine fish (seabass and seabream) and crustaceans (large tropical

prawns).

Italian importers, exporters, producers, aquaculture farmers and distributors

COMPANY STREET ZIP TOWN TEL FAX EMAIL WEB SITE Imp. Exp. Proc.CODE Farm. Dist..

www.adlerit.comADLER SRL 47042 Cesenatico (FC) 39 054780068 054782534 [email protected] Magrini, 19

www.agras.itAGRAS SRL 16121 Genova 39 010586703 010565779 [email protected] della Vittoria, 14/30

www.agroittica.itAGROITTICA LOMBARDA SPA 25012 Viadana di Calvisano (BS) 39 0309686991 030968433 [email protected] Kennedy, 101/A

ALFA FOODS SRL 00166 Roma 39 0666512592 0666512582 [email protected] di Val Cannuta, 181

ALOIA RICCARDO 80143 Napoli 39 0817348050 0817347928 [email protected]. Centro Direzionale Is. F/3

www.verrini.comANTONIO VERRINI & FIGLI SPA 16128 Genova 39 0102466532 0102466418 [email protected] Camillo Benso di Cavour, 2

www.arbi.itARBI DARIO SPA 51015 Monsummano Terme (PT) 39 0573357801 0573357860 [email protected] del Terzo, 411/E

www.assoittica.itASSOITTICA ITALIA 00198 Roma 39 068841587 0685352992 [email protected] Emilio de Cavalieri, 7

www.wineandgourmet.bizB.E. SPECIALITA' GASTRONOMICHE

50057 Empoli (FI) 39 0571931775 0571931272 [email protected] Due Giugno, 5

www.balenasrl.itBALENA SRL 50145 Firenze 39 055317244 055319281 [email protected] dei Vespucci, 210

www.belluccifranco.itBELLUCCI FRANCO SAS 41100 Modena 39 059312002 059311430 [email protected] Staffette Partigiane, 41

BOLTON ALIMENTARI ITALIA SPA 22072 Cermenate (CO) 39 031779111 031779302Via Luigi Einaudi, 18/22

www.burgassi.itBURGASSI SPA 50141 Firenze 39 0554379041 055413191 [email protected] Reginaldo Giuliani, 109

www.cplimperial.itC.P.L. IMPERIAL SPA 65131 Pescara 39 0854304214 0854304215 [email protected] Tiburtina Valeria 475

www.calabriapescaCALABRIA PESCA S.R.L 89011 Bagnara Calabra 39 0966337040 0966337015 [email protected] SS 112 km 5,600

CASCARANO SEAFOOD GROUP SRL

70010 Capurso (BA) 39 0804559060 0804559879 [email protected] Venisti, 65

www.regnoli.itCESARE REGNOLI & FIGLIO SRL 40122 Bologna 39 051222483 051269938 [email protected] S. Francesco, 10

www.chinookfish.itCHINOOK SRL 64010 Civitella del Tronto (TE) 39 0861910496 0861910498 [email protected] Santa Reparata

www.choicegroup.co.inCHOICE TRADING CORPORATION LTD

00126 Roma 39 0652364432 0652364432 [email protected] delle Case Basse, 195/12

CLODIAFRIGO SRL 30015 Chioggia (VE) 39 0415573611 041490441 [email protected] Brondolo, 13

3537

3. Annex 1:


www.coamspa.itCOAM INDUSTRIE ALIMENTARI SPA

23017 Morbegno (SO) 39 0342604411 0342614066 [email protected] Stelvio 286

COMMIMPORT FISH SRL 80018 Mugnano di Napoli (NA) 39 0817453322 0817453780Via G. Mugnano, 2

www.copaim.itCOMP. PRODOTTI AGROITTICI MEDITER.

58015 Albinia / Orbetello (GR) 39 0564871055 0564872001 [email protected]à Topaie - zona PIP

www.conad.itCONAD 40127 Bologna 39 051508111 051508414 [email protected] Michelino, 59

CONS. CO.AL.GO 44020 Goro (FE) 39 0533995385 0533792182 [email protected] del Pusaro, 21

www.coopesca.itCOOPESCA SPA 80026 Casoria (NA) 39 0817363000 0817384384 [email protected] G. Brodolini, 67

www.costaadriatica.bizCOSTA ADRIATICA SRL 47037 Rimini 39 0541382178 0541382178 [email protected] De Carolis, 27

www.cotralpesca.itCOTRALPESCA SCRL 91026 Mazara del Vallo (TP) 39 0923933352 0923933625 [email protected] R. Ballatore, 5

www.insuperabile.itDE LANGLADE & GRANCELLI 16124 Genova 39 0102512672 010281556 [email protected] Cairoli, 6

DEL TEDESCO SILVIO E BISCARO CLARA & C

33074 Fontanafredda (PN) 39 3482632659 043499170 [email protected] Luigi Nono, 38

www.delicius.itDELICIUS RIZZOLI SPA 43056 S. Polo/Torrile (PR) 39 0521813525 0521819721 [email protected] Micheli, 2

www.deligusti.itDELIGUSTI SPA 27010 Siziano (PV) 39 038267841 0382678420 [email protected] Brallo, 12

www.trote.itEREDE ROSSI SILVIO 62025 Sefro (MC) 39 073745122 073745262 [email protected] Madonna dei Calcinai, 2

www.esca.itESCA SRL 64010 Controguerra (TE) 39 0861809921 0861809946 [email protected] Piane Tronto, 68

www.esselunga.itESSELUNGA SPA 20096 Piottello (MI) 39 02923671 029267202 [email protected] Giambologna, 1

www.eurofood.itEUROFOOD SPA 20094 Corsico (MI) 39 02448761 024491007 [email protected] Tacito

EUROPESCA SPA 20125 Milano 39 026694755 0266982125Vl. Rimembranze di Greco, 2

www.fiorital.comFIORITAL 30135 Venezia 39 0412409200 0412410708 [email protected]à Marittima - fabbricato 114

www.salmoncompany.comFJORD SPA 21052 Busto Arsizio (VA) 39 0331681155 0331686353 [email protected]

Via Cassano Magnago, 120

www.foodlab.netFOODLAB 43010 Polesine Parmense (PR) 39 052496423 052496486 [email protected] per Cremona, 67

www.fres.co.itFRES. CO SRL 21050 Marnate 39 0331645129 0331645129 [email protected] Kennedy, 1156

FRIGOSCANDIA SPA 20010, S. Pietro all'Olmo (MI) 39 02931901 0293560171Via Monzoro, 140

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www.friofish.itFRIOFISH SRL 64010 Controguerra (TE) 39 086189763 086189762 [email protected] Vallecupa, 27

www.friomed.comFRIOMED SRL 91026 Mazara Del Vallo (TP) 39 0923933393 0923672662 [email protected]. 115 - C/da Serroni Cartubuleo

FRIULITTICA SOC. COOP. AGRI 33084 Cordenons (PN) 39 043444246 0434541985 [email protected] Chiavornicco, 68

www.friultrota.itFRIULTROTA DI PIGHIN SRL 33038 San Daniele Del Friuli (UD) 39 0432-956560 0432-956726 [email protected] Aonedis, 10

www.frollanpesca.comFROLLANPESCA SRL 00191 Roma 39 0636303887 0636306863 [email protected] Stefano Jacini, 14

www.gadopesca.itGADOPESCA SRL 20137 Milano 39 0259902105 0259902453 [email protected] C. Lombroso, 54

GADUS SRL 00196 Roma 39 063231468 063231468 [email protected] Flaminia, 441

www.giessespa.itGIESSE SPA 21050 Marnate (VA) 39 0331607611 0331389029 [email protected] J.F. Kennedy, 1156

www.gioioso.itGIOIOSO ITTICA SAS 72015 Fasano (BR) 39 080-4389836 080-4389867 [email protected] Ind. Sud/contr. S. Angelo

www.giolfoecalcagno.itGIOLFO & CALCAGNO SPA 16158 Genova-Voltri 39 0106133741 0106133761 [email protected] Ovada, 1/A/R

www.gourmetline.itGOURMET LINE SRL 00128 Roma 39 065062737 065060709 [email protected] di Trigoria, 45

GROUP BOVO SRL 35047 Solesino (PD) 39 0429708620 0429770110 [email protected] XX Settembre, 133/Z

GS-GENERALE SUPERMERCATI SPA

20153 Milano 39 025473472 0248253277Via Caldera, 21

www.icatfood.itICAT FOOD SPA 16122 Genova 39 01084091 0108398227 [email protected] Palestro, 2/5

www.isumar.comISUMAR SRL 20126 Milano 39 0227080792 0225785861 [email protected] Frigia, 25

www.itticaposeidon.itITTICA POSEIDON SRL 92027 Licata (AG) 39 [email protected] Don Minzoni, 7

JAIS SPA 20144 Milano 39 024221420 024234198 [email protected] Andrea Solari, 43/2

LA PIEMONTESE SNC 10050 Chiomonte (TO) 39 012254102 012254610 [email protected] Levis, 60

www.ledeliziedelcapo.itLE DELIZIE DEL CAPO 98057 Milazzo (ME) 39 0909286388 0909286388 [email protected] Vittorio Veneto (Pal. Nastasi)

www.marr.itMARR SPA 47900 Rimini 39 0541746111 0541620668 [email protected] Spagna, 20

MAZZOLA IGINO SPA 16129 Genova 39 0105533175C.so Buenos Ayres Torre A

MEGA ALIMENTARE SRL 00165 Roma 39 0639379416 0639388229 [email protected] Anastasio II, 274

METRO PADANA SPA 20097 San Donato Milanese (MI) 39 0251712290 0251712454Via XXV Aprile, 23

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www.miticasurgelati.itMITICA SURGELATI SRL 84091 Battipaglia (SA) 39 0828305795 0828305860 [email protected] Brodolini 2/I

www.nestle.itNESTLE ITALIANA/GELATI E SURGELATI

43100 Parma 39 05217921 0521771591Viale Mentana, 43

www.newshark.itNEW SHARK SRL 30034 Mira (VE) 39 0415675331 0415675426 [email protected] Maestri del Lavoro, 10

www.nordpesca.comNORDPESCA 20144 Milano 39 0248009768 0248007355 [email protected] Egadi, 12

NOSTROMO 41100 Modena 39 0592051311 0592051333 [email protected] Scaglia Est, 5

www.gruppopizzolo.comNUOVA AZZURRO 37135 Verona 39 0458299500 0458876112 [email protected] A. Pacinotti, 27/a

www.oceanpesca.itOCEANPESCA SRL 91026 Mazara del Vallo (TP) 39 0923945667 0923945656 [email protected] Fata Morgana, 20

www.orobicapesca.itOROBICA PESCA SPA 24124 Bergamo 39 0354172611 0354172619 [email protected] Bianzana, 19

www.palmera.itPALMERA SPA 20084 Lacchiarella (MI) 39 02905719 0290571117Palazzo Marco Polo Il Girasole

www.e-pam.itPAM 30038 Spinea (VE) 39 0415496111 0415411933Via delle Industrie, 8

www.panapesca.itPANAPESCA SPA 51010 Massa e Cozzile (PT) 39 05727791 0572772186 [email protected] G. Mazzini, 31

www.pensalmon.comPENNACCHIONI - PENSALMON 16146 Genova 39 0103733677 0103733677 [email protected] al Capo di S. Chiara, 7/A

www.pescapronta.itPESCA PRONTA SPA 00054 Fiumicino (RM) 39 06658771 0665877207 [email protected] G. Durli, 45

PESCAMAR (Q.R.L.) 20144 Milano 39 0248011946 024986126 [email protected] Coni Zugna, 8

www.pescanova.itPESCANOVA ITALIA SRL 40121 Bologna 39 051233745 051233866 [email protected] dell' Indipendenza, 42

www.pesceazzurro.itPESCE AZZURRO CEFALU' 90015 Cefalu' (PA) 39 0921424333 0921424556 [email protected] Presidiana

www.rivamar.comRIVAMAR 45019 Taglio di Po (RO) 39 0426346588 0426346607 [email protected] del Lavoro, 41

ROYAL FISH SRL 30175 Venezia Marghera 39 0415380967 041538097 [email protected] Monzani, 2

www.royalgreenland.comROYAL GREENLAND ITALIA S.P.A 00165 Roma 39 0639377256 0639388229 [email protected] Anastasio II, 274

SALMONTRUTTA G. SRL 24050 Torre Pallavicina (BG) 39 0363996823 0363996652 [email protected] Molino di Basso, 1

www.sapizoo.itSAPIZOO 37124 Verona 39 0458301999 0458302607 [email protected] Saval, 19

SEA-FISH SRL 20021 Bollate/Ospiate (MI) 39 023501221 023501222Via Trento, 53

SIRACUSANA ITTICA SRL 96100 Siracusa 39 093168856 093168857Largo G. Arezzo della Targia, 12

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www.skalo.itSKALO SEAFOOD 60028 Osimo (AN) 39 071781616 071781615 [email protected] dell'Industria, 8

www.star.itSTAR SPA 20041 Agrate Brianza (MI) 39 03968381 0396838207 [email protected] G. Matteotti, 142

www.stellafoods.comSTELLA SRL 20098 San Giuliano Milanese (MI) 39 0298284304 029881001 [email protected] Ticino, 54

www.supernovafrozenfood.itSUPERNOVA SRL 00144 Roma 39 065427911 065918695 [email protected] Eufrate, 10

www.talatta.itTALATTA SRL 92019 Sciacca (AG) 39 [email protected] Bordea

www.torrente-italy.itTORRENTE SRL 67051 Nucleo Industriale Avezzano (AQ)

39 0863497138 0863509435 [email protected] A. Pacinotti, 21

www.trevisani.comTREVISANI PIETRO SRL 63039 San Benedetto del Tronto (AP)

39 0735581858 0735582499 [email protected] A. Pigafetta, 16

www.uniler.itUNILEVER ITALIA SRL 00142 Roma 39 5449454 5449589 [email protected] Paolo di Dono, 3/A

VIS INDUSTRIE ALIMENTARI 60125 Ancona 39 071201956 071202378 [email protected] E. Mattei, 36

www.vogliazzi.itVOGLIAZZI SPA 13030 Caresana Blot (VC) 39 0161234311 016133001 [email protected] Vercelli, 59

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4. ANNEX 2: Italian seafood recipes

Spaghetti with clams (Spaghetti alle vongole).

Species: carpet shells (Ruditapes decussatus, Ruditapes philippinarum, Ruditapes variegatus, Ruditapes

spp.) striped venus (Chamelea gallina) or golden carpet shell (Venerupis aurea).

Preparation time: between 20’ and 30’.

Ingredients (4 servings):

600 g clams

500 g spaghetti

8 cherry tomatoes

2 cloves of garlic

4 table spoons of extra-virgin olive oil

1 small chilli

2 table spoons of chopped Italian parsley

½ glass of white wine

Salt

White pepper.

Start frying the extra-virgin olive oil in a pan, then crush the garlic and add to the hot olive oil together

with the chilli (careful not to burn the oil). Allow the garlic to sizzle and therefore slightly golden in

colour. When the oil has reached a very high temperature throw in the cleaned clams which have been

previously washed and drained. As they cook you will see them slowly opening and releasing the juices

inside which will blend with the oil and garlic. At this point add the wine, lower the flame and simmer for

a few minutes. Toss in the cleaned cherry tomatoes already cut in halves. Throw in the chopped parsley

and turn off the flame. You may add a bit of salt if you wish, however keep in mind that the clams are

already fairly high in salt content.

Begin to cook the spaghetti in abundant salted water. Drain the pasta once it has cooked “al-dente”

(cooking time is always specified on pasta boxes, but it is generally around 8’) and toss it into the clams.

Mix well and adding a cup of water from the boiling pasta if necessary.

Oven-roasted turbot (Rombo con patate).

Species: turbot (Psetta maxima) or, alternatively, any thick flounder species.

Preparation time: 40’.

Ingredients (4 servings):

1 whole turbot or flounder (3 kg)

10 small potatoes (1 and ½ kg)

2 medium yellow onions, peeled and quartered through the core

¼ cup extra virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling over the cooked turbot.

Salt

White pepper

4 sprigs of fresh rosemary.

In Italy, this dish is generally prepared with turbot, but a thick flounder is certainly an excellent substitute.

Flounder is a flakier fish and will cook quicker, so either cut the potatoes into slightly thinner wedges, or

boil them a minute or two longer.

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Clean the fish, cut off the head and peel off the dark skin, but leave the tails, fins and white skin intact.

Heat a large saucepan of salted water to the boil. Peel the potatoes, cut them in half and cut the halves into

1-inch wedges. Cook the wedges in the boiling water until softened; e.g. approximately 5 minutes. Drain

the potatoes and toss them in a bowl with the onions and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Season with salt and

pepper and toss again. Pre-heat the oven to 220°C. Choose a wide roasting pan large enough to hold the

whole turbot, potatoes and onions in a single layer. Season the turbot generously with salt and pepper and

brush the bottom of the roasting pan with the remaining olive oil. Place the turbot in the centre of the pan,

then arrange the potatoes and onions around the turbot. Distribute the rosemary evenly around the pan.

Roast until the fish is opaque at the thickest part and the potatoes are golden brown, for approximately 30

minutes. To make sure the potatoes and onions cook and brown evenly, remove the pan from the oven and

turn the potatoes and onions. Once fish and potatoes are cooked, fillet the fish and transfer everything to a

platter, then drizzle the fish and vegetables with extra virgin olive oil.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PURCHASE YOUR SEAFOOD FROM SUSTAINABLE SOURCES

ONLY.

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