The decline of mussel aquaculture in the European Union: causes, economic impacts and opportunities

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The decline of mussel aquaculture in the European Union : causes, economic impacts and opportunities. / Avdelas, Lamprakis; Avdic-Mravlje, Edo; Borges Marques, Ana Cristina; Cano, Suzana; Capelle, Jacob J.; Carvalho, Natacha; Cozzolino, Maria; Dennis, John; Ellis, Tim; Fernández Polanco, José M.; Guillen, Jordi; Lasner, Tobias; Le Bihan, Véronique; Llorente, Ignacio; Mol, Arie; Nicheva, Simona; Nielsen, Rasmus; van Oostenbrugge, Hans; Villasante, Sebastian; Visnic, Svjetlana; Zhelev, Kolyo; Asche, Frank.

In: Reviews in Aquaculture, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2021, p. 91-118.

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Avdelas, L, Avdic-Mravlje, E, Borges Marques, AC, Cano, S, Capelle, JJ, Carvalho, N, Cozzolino, M, Dennis, J, Ellis, T, Fernández Polanco, JM, Guillen, J, Lasner, T, Le Bihan, V, Llorente, I, Mol, A, Nicheva, S, Nielsen, R, van Oostenbrugge, H, Villasante, S, Visnic, S, Zhelev, K & Asche, F 2021, 'The decline of mussel aquaculture in the European Union: causes, economic impacts and opportunities', Reviews in Aquaculture, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 91-118. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12465

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Avdelas, L., Avdic-Mravlje, E., Borges Marques, A. C., Cano, S., Capelle, J. J., Carvalho, N., Cozzolino, M., Dennis, J., Ellis, T., Fernández Polanco, J. M., Guillen, J., Lasner, T., Le Bihan, V., Llorente, I., Mol, A., Nicheva, S., Nielsen, R., van Oostenbrugge, H., Villasante, S., ... Asche, F. (2021). The decline of mussel aquaculture in the European Union: causes, economic impacts and opportunities. Reviews in Aquaculture, 13(1), 91-118. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12465

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Avdelas L, Avdic-Mravlje E, Borges Marques AC, Cano S, Capelle JJ, Carvalho N et al. The decline of mussel aquaculture in the European Union: causes, economic impacts and opportunities. Reviews in Aquaculture. 2021;13(1):91-118. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12465

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Avdelas, Lamprakis ; Avdic-Mravlje, Edo ; Borges Marques, Ana Cristina ; Cano, Suzana ; Capelle, Jacob J. ; Carvalho, Natacha ; Cozzolino, Maria ; Dennis, John ; Ellis, Tim ; Fernández Polanco, José M. ; Guillen, Jordi ; Lasner, Tobias ; Le Bihan, Véronique ; Llorente, Ignacio ; Mol, Arie ; Nicheva, Simona ; Nielsen, Rasmus ; van Oostenbrugge, Hans ; Villasante, Sebastian ; Visnic, Svjetlana ; Zhelev, Kolyo ; Asche, Frank. / The decline of mussel aquaculture in the European Union : causes, economic impacts and opportunities. In: Reviews in Aquaculture. 2021 ; Vol. 13, No. 1. pp. 91-118.

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title = "The decline of mussel aquaculture in the European Union: causes, economic impacts and opportunities",
abstract = "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 ⅓ 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 {\textquoteleft}bouchot{\textquoteright}) 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.",
keywords = "access to space, atomization, economic performance, environmental factors, low impact, swot analysis",
author = "Lamprakis Avdelas and Edo Avdic-Mravlje and {Borges Marques}, {Ana Cristina} and Suzana Cano and Capelle, {Jacob J.} and Natacha Carvalho and Maria Cozzolino and John Dennis and Tim Ellis and {Fern{\'a}ndez Polanco}, {Jos{\'e} M.} and Jordi Guillen and Tobias Lasner and {Le Bihan}, V{\'e}ronique and Ignacio Llorente and Arie Mol and Simona Nicheva and Rasmus Nielsen and {van Oostenbrugge}, Hans and Sebastian Villasante and Svjetlana Visnic and Kolyo Zhelev and Frank Asche",
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AU - Cano, Suzana

AU - Capelle, Jacob J.

AU - Carvalho, Natacha

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AU - Dennis, John

AU - Ellis, Tim

AU - Fernández Polanco, José M.

AU - Guillen, Jordi

AU - Lasner, Tobias

AU - Le Bihan, Véronique

AU - Llorente, Ignacio

AU - Mol, Arie

AU - Nicheva, Simona

AU - Nielsen, Rasmus

AU - van Oostenbrugge, Hans

AU - Villasante, Sebastian

AU - Visnic, Svjetlana

AU - Zhelev, Kolyo

AU - Asche, Frank

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