Spain E3 Mediterranean Socio-economic profile
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Spain : E3 1.1 Overview The area defined as Spain E3 includes the Spanish Mediterranean coastline, from Catalonia to Andalusia, the Balearics and from Ceuta to Melilla on the North African coastline. In 1996 the Spanish Mediterranean fleet comprised of 4,959 vessels with a 563,207 kW and a GRT of 89,853. 65% of these vessels were less than 10 m in length. In terms of vessel numbers the most important regional fleet was based in the Balearic Islands where there were 745 vessels. In terms of tonnage the NUTS 3 region of Alicante and Almeria were the most important with 13,327 GRT and 12,528 GRT respectively. The Catalonia, Valencian and Balearic fleets all operate exclusively within EU waters. Almeria, Malaga and Ceuta all have a proportion of vessels that operate in non EU waters, mostly in Morrocan waters In 1996 landings of fish by the Andalusian and Mediterranean fleet totalled 27,566 tonnes [C1]valued at 56,640,966 ECU. In the Andalusian provinces and in Murcia and Ceuta significant landings were of mackerel, horse mackerel and sardine. Further up the coastline and in the Balearics, landings of red mullet assumed more importance. The fish processing sector is based mainly around a few companies where most of the production is concentrated although some small processing companies do exist. 1.2 Coastal Fishing Employment Employment in the Spain E3 region, the Mediterranean region of Spain, totals just over 17,500 persons. Nearly 13,800 of these are found on the Balearics and along the Murcia to Cataluna coast, whilst 3,778 are found in the Mediterranean Andalucian provinces. The distribution of fishers along the coastline is fairly even, the largest number is found in Alicante with 2,356. The smallest numbers are in Ceuta (168) and Melilla ( 35) on the North African coast. The consultants considered that the presence of female labour was insignificant in fishing and naval repairs. There are significant numbers of part time fishers recorded in the Andalusian regions of Almeria, Granada and Malaga, 44% of fishers are part time. 1.3 Processing Employment There are 1,699 processing persons employed in the E3 area , 450 are part time and 1,068 are women. These jobs are fairly evenly spread out along the coast apart from a higher concentration at Barcelona (576 persons employed). The Balearics and Ceuta and Melilla have little or no processing. 1.4 Vessel Construction and Repair Employment Employment within the construction and repairs industry totals 1,106. Almost all of these persons employed (1,090 out of 1,106) are men. The distribution of persons employed along the coastline is fairly even, except for a concentration of 178 people in Castellon. There are 113 vessel construction and repair persons employed in the Balearics. There is no employment in vessel construction and repair in Granada, Melilla and Ceuta. 1.5 Aquaculture Employment There are 511 persons employed by the aquaculture sector in the E3 area, 280 of these persons employed are found in the NUTS 2 region of Catalonia, where 31 of a total of 48 companies are located. The Balearic islands account for 60 persons employed mostly in the production of fish and molluscs. In Ceuta there is just one company producing silver sea bream and employing 15 people. [C1]Your table had 87893 |