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  • Glossary item | Last updated: 26 Mar 2024

Fishery products

Bioeconomy

Means aquatic organisms resulting from any fishing activity or products derived therefrom.

Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC

Source: EU Legislation

In the context of external trade statistics, fishery products consist of: 

  1. edible fishery products, including: 
  • fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, smoked and dried fish; 
  • fish preserves and conserves; 
  • fresh, chilled, frozen, dried and smoked crustaceans and molluscs; 
  • preparations and conserves of crustaceans and molluscs;
  1. inedible products, including: 
  • meals and solubles; 
  • oils and fats; 
  • sponges, corals, etc.; 
  1. aquatic plants.

Eurostat b, Glossary, accessed 11 December 2023

Source category: EC Technical Documents