Ireland - Numbers and characteristics of fish processing establishments


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Table 7. Processing, value and tonnage by region (1997)            
               
Region   Prodcom Value Volume Number of processors    
NUTS 3 NUTS 4   £IR tonnes total pelagic only  
Border Cavan            
Border Donegal       28 16  
Border Leitrim            
Border Louth       5 0  
Border Monaghan            
Border Sligo       1 0  
Border Border total       34 16  
Dublin Dublin total       20 1  
Mid East Kildare            
Mid East Meath            
Mid East Wicklow       1 0  
Mid East Mid east total       1 0  
Mid west Clare       3 0  
Mid west Limerick       3 0  
Mid west Tipperary N.R.            
Mid west Mid west total       6 0  
South East Carlow            
South East Kilkenny            
South East Tipperary S.R.            
South East Waterford       5 2  
South East Wexford       11 3  
South East South east total       16 5  
South West Cork       27 5  
South West Kerry       13 4  
South West South West total       40 9  
West Galway       14 1  
West Mayo       8 0  
West Roscommon       1 0  
West West total       23 1  
Total   All Prodcoms IR£213,000,000 145,000 140 32  
Source: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) 'Seafood Industry Agenda 2000-2006 Realising the potential of the Irish Seafood Industry' (1999)              
               
               
               
Table 8. Proportion of premises upgrading to new hygiene regulations or measure of inpsection pass/fail rate            
               
NUTS 3   Premises meeting 492/91   Premises meeting 493/91      
Border   12   49      
Dublin   1   28      
Mid-East   0   0      
Mid-West   4   6      
South-East   14   30      
South-West   22   62      
West   21   44      
Total   74   219      


Last Updated on 03/03/00
By Ian Goulding
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