@article{10902/20173,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/20173},
abstract = {ABSTRATC: In contrast to the increasing aquaculture production of mussels worldwide, production in the European Union (EU) has shown a decreasing trend over the last two decades. Aquaculture production of mussels in the EU peaked in the late 1990s at more than 600 000 tonnes; by 2016, production volume had dropped by 20% to 480 000 tonnes. As mussel production represents more than 1/3 of EU aquaculture production, this decrease is an important contributor to the stagnation of EU aquaculture. Previous studies have suggested diseases, lack of mussel seed (spat), and low profitability as the main causes of the EU mussel production decrease. In this study, we investigate how economic and environmental factors have contributed. Moreover, we examine if the different mussel production techniques (raft, longline, on-bottom, and "bouchot") have been differently affected, by analysing the economic performance and cost structure evolution for the period 2010-2016. We complement these results with a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis of the EU mussel sector based on expert knowledge.},
publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
publisher = {Reviews in Aquaculture (2021) 13, 91-118},
title = {The decline of mussel aquaculture in the European Union: causes, economic impacts and opportunities},
author = {Avdelas, Lamprakis and Avdic-Mravlje, Edo and Borges Marques, Ana Cristina and Cano, Suzana and Capelle, Jacob J. and Carvalho, Natacha and Cozzolino, Maria and Dennis, John and Ellis, Tim and Fernández Polanco, José Manuel and Guillen, Jordi and Lasner, Tobias and Le Bihan, Veronique and Llorente García, Ignacio and Mol, Arie and Nicheva, Simona and Nielsen, Rasmus and Van Oostenbrugge, Hans and Villasante, Sebastian and Visnic, Svjetlana and Zhelev, Kolyo and Asche, Frank},
}