Ireland - Employment in fish processing and ancillary trade


Table 10. Employment in the Processing Industry (1997)                    
BIM estimate that approximately 40-45% of processing workers are female                      
Regions   Employment     employment by activity (weeks per year)            
NUTS 3 NUTS 4 FT (no. employed) PT (no. employed) total 40+ 30+ 20+ 10+ <10 total fte
Border Cavan                   0
Border Donegal 506 1190 1696 506 336 302 309 243 1696 1053
Border Leitrim                   0
Border Louth 120 19 139 120 0 4 2 13 139 124
Border Monaghan                   0
Border Sligo 62 0 62 62 0 0 0 0 62 62
Border Border total 688 1209 1897             1239
Dublin Dublin total 299 173 472 299 31 24 23 95 472 353
Mid East Kildare                   0
Mid East Meath                   0
Mid East Wicklow 4 10 14 4 5 1 0 4 14 9
Mid East Mid east total 4 10 14             9
Mid west Clare 15 7 22 15 4 0 3 0 22 19
Mid west Limerick 100 0 100 100 0 0 0 0 100 100
Mid west Tipperary N.R.                   0
Mid west Mid west total 115 7 122             119
South East Carlow                   0
South East Kilkenny                   0
South East Tipperary S.R.                   0
South East Waterford 68 154 222 68 24 30 39 61 222 122
South East Wexford 243 293 536 243 47 68 143 35 536 366
South East South east total 311 447 758             488
South West Cork 243 413 656 243 29 32 163 189 656 356
South West Kerry 137 314 451 137 3 237 20 54 451 280
South West South West total 380 727 1107             637
West Galway 112 212 324 112 27 63 100 22 324 202
West Mayo 102 24 126 102 0 24 0 0 126 115
West Roscommon 100 0 100 100 0 0 0 0 100 100
West West total 314 236 550             417
Total   2111 2809 4920 2111 506 785 802 716 4920 3262
Source: BIM                      
Note: The BIM 'Seafood Industry Agenda' (1999) presented full-time equivalent processing employment in 1997 of 3047 persons by assuming 3 part-time workers equals 1 full-time worker                      
Table 11. Other employment                  
                     
  ancillary employment          
  FT PT Total full time equivalent   (1) spin-off employment (total)     (2) dependents  
Ireland 1400 600 2000 1700   25000     60000  
Source: Bord Iascaigh Mhara Seafood Industry Agenda 2000-2006 (March 1999)                    


Last Updated on 03/03/00
By Ian Goulding
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