Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Strukturanalyse av den europeiske krabbenæring - Structural analysis of the European crab industry Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Frode Blakstad Coordinator email frode.blakstad@inaq.no
Coordinator institution
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Institutions involved
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Start year 2008 End year 2009 Funding (€) € NA Website https://www.fhf.no/prosjekter/prosjektbasen/900160/ Summary Bag crab products, like other seafood, have been affected by the financial crisis since the autumn of 2008. Consumption has turned to the grocery trade instead of the Horeca market. Crab producers targeting the restaurant market were therefore hit harder than those targeting the grocery trade. The way the products are preserved has an effect on the turnover rate. Crab producers with fresh live crab, have had stable sales while producers with frozen crab products have experienced being left with large stocks. The reasons for this are twofold: 1. The financial crisis has led to the cancellation of a number of credit insurances for customers in Europe. When liquidity is otherwise under severe pressure, many customers choose to buy fresh products with fast turnover instead of building up stocks with frozen products with slow turnover. 2. The year 2007 was characterized by record high crab catches in the countries of Ireland, Great Britain and Norway. Stocks of frozen products have increased at both manufacturers and wholesalers. Crab from 2007 was sold in 2008. At the beginning of 2009, the stocks of the wholesalers were reduced, but the lack of financing led to small orders in the first half of 2009. The reduction in stocks at the producers took longer than normal. The four most important recommendations for the Norwegian crab industry in 2009 are: 1. Facilitate increased durability of fresh crab products, so that Norwegian players can gain a larger share of the European market, from which they are currently excluded; 2. Make more products available in the grocery store (retail). Learn from what is happening in the UK market in terms of product / market adaptation; 3. Facilitate the transport of live crabs to the market; 4. Establish contacts / relations / trade with Spain and Portugal, which are Europe's 3rd and 4th largest crab markets, and which are mainly based on imported goods.
Keywords
Crustacean;
Crustacean fisheries;
Market;
Shellfish;
Process efficiency;
Fishing industry;
Product development;
Crab;
Food quality;
Marine Region
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Central North Sea (27.IVb)
7
Irish Sea (27.VIIa)
33
Bay of Biscay Southern (27.VIIIc)
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
14
Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
15
Bay of Biscay Central (27.VIIIb)
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
30
Porcupine Bank (27.VIIc)
34
Bay of Biscay offshore (27.VIIId)
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West of Bay of Biscay (27.VIIIe)
12
Bay of Biscay North (27.VIIIa)
10
Celtic Sea North (27.VIIg)
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West of Ireland (27.VIIb)
8
Bristol Channel (27.VIIf)
32
Southwest of Ireland-West (27.VIIk)
42
Barents Sea (27.I)
9
Western English Channel (27.VIIe)
4
Eastern English Channel (27.VIId)
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Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland (27.VIa)
11
Celtic Sea South (27.VIIh)
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Southwest of Ireland-East (27.VIIj)
5
Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
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