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Commentary on Italy's international seafood trade and its impacts

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  • Romanelli, Michele
  • Giovanardi, Otello

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Being within a geographical area, EU-27, which imports a large proportion of the fish products consumed annually from abroad, Italy finds itself in a particularly critical situation; domestic production from fishing and aquaculture on the whole accounts for only 20% of consumption and even less in the case of crustaceans and cephalopods. Despite its strong dependence on foreign countries, per capita consumption is quite high, at 31 kg/y in recent times; furthermore, among the imports from abroad there is a large number of species (or their families) mostly obtained through fishing. A wiser exploitation of national fishing resources, a greater development of domestic aquaculture and consumption patterns relying less on wild fish and shellfish are desirable.

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  • Romanelli, Michele & Giovanardi, Otello, 2022. "Commentary on Italy's international seafood trade and its impacts," Economia agro-alimentare / Food Economy, Italian Society of Agri-food Economics/Società Italiana di Economia Agro-Alimentare (SIEA), vol. 24(3), December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:sieaea:335224
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.335224
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