Mussels top the aquaculture charts in France
The French consume around 190,000 metric tons of mussels each year, 95 percent of which are farmed, according to Marie Christine Monfort, senior consultant at Marketing Seafood and Sea-Matters.
This was followed by Scottish salmon (180,000 tons – 98 percent farmed); trout (135,000 tons – 100 percent farmed); shrimp (130,000 tons – 70 percent farmed); and oysters (80,000 tons – 100 percent farmed).
In total, France is one of the largest, if not the largest, aquaculture markets in Europe. The country consume around 2.2 million tons of farmed seafood – 0.5 million tons of which is produced domestically, 1.5 million tons are imported, Monfort said.