Ireland - Employment in all aquaculture


Table 13a Employment in freshwater aquculture and mariculture by full/time and part/time breakdown (1997)                  
BIM estimate that approximately 30% of aquaculture 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
Border Cavan                  
Border Donegal 16 270 286 16 27 65 1 177 286
Border Leitrim                  
Border Louth 3 98 101 3 2 26 0 70 101
Border Monaghan                  
Border Sligo 51 59 110 51 23 6 4 26 110
Border Border total 70 427 497 70 52 97 5 273 497
Dublin Dublin total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mid East Kildare                  
Mid East Meath                  
Mid East Wicklow 5 17 22 5 0 3 0 14 22
Mid East Mid east total 5 17 22 5 0 3 0 14 22
Mid west Clare 20 43 63 20 12 17 2 12 63
Mid west Limerick 8 11 19 8 7 0 0 4 19
Mid west Tipperary N.R.                  
Mid west Mid west total 28 54 82 28 19 17 2 16 82
South East Carlow 1 6 7 1 0 2 0 4 7
South East Kilkenny 6 11 17 6 0 1 0 10 17
South East Tipperary S.R. 3 5 8 3 0 1 0 4 8
South East Waterford 42 148 190 42 63 13 11 61 190
South East Wexford 8 58 66 8 8 5 3 42 66
South East South east total 60 228 288 60 71 22 14 121 288
South West Cork 228 351 579 228 86 45 14 206 579
South West Kerry 80 129 209 80 50 14 4 61 209
South West South West total 308 480 788 308 136 59 18 267 788
West Galway 41 261 302 41 8 82 0 171 302
West Mayo 44 175 219 44 18 61 11 85 219
West Roscommon 0 0 0           0
West West total 85 436 521 85 26 143 11 256 521
Total   556 1642 2198 556 304 341 50 947 2198
Source: Bord Iascaigh Mhara                    
Note: The BIM 'Seafood Industry Agenda' (1999) presented full-time equivalent aquaculture employment in 1997 of 1855 persons by assuming that 2 part-time employees equals 1 full-time employee                    


Last Updated on 03/03/00
By Ian Goulding
Email: megapesca@mail.telepac.pt