2007 census of seawater fish farming and sturgeon breeding
Primeur N° 233
Seawater fish farming increased over 10 years
Since 1997, the production of bass, royal and lean bream and fully grown turbots progressed by 40% and has now reached 7650 tons. Over the same period, there was a decrease in the number of businesses and sites in the fish farm sector. French sturgeon farming produced around 21 tons of caviar, the equivalent of its imports.