Ireland - Employment in marine aquaculture by species

Table 13c	Employment in mariculture only by total and fte breakdown (1997)
*BIM estimate that approximately 30% of aquaculture workers are female*
Regions		Species														Mariculture total
		*Salmon*		*Rope mussels*		*Bottom mussels*		*Abalone*		*Gigas oysters*		*Clams*		*Scallops*
NUTS 3	NUTS 4	total	fte	total	fte	total	fte	total	fte	total	fte	total	fte	total	fte	total	fte
Border	Cavan															0	0
Border	Donegal	110	103	38	29	26	17			53	38			22	14	249	201
Border	Leitrim															0	0
Border	Louth					85	74			16	12					101	86
Border	Monaghan															0	0
Border	Sligo									36	19	57	23			93	42
Border	Border total	110	103	38	29	111	91	0	0	105	69	57	23	22	14	443	329
Dublin	Dublin total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mid East	Kildare															0	0
Mid East	Meath															0	0
Mid East	Wicklow															0	0
Mid East	Mid east total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mid west	Clare			4	3					44	18	4	3	6	4	58	28
Mid west	Limerick			7	2	8	4			4	1					19	7
Mid west	Tipperary N.R.															0	0
Mid west	Mid west total	0	0	11	5	8	4	0	0	48	19	4	3	6	4	77	35
South East	Carlow															0	0
South East	Kilkenny															0	0
South East	Tipperary S.R.															0	0
South East	Waterford					55	20			127	81					182	101
South East	Wexford			3	2	28	23			16	10					47	35
South East	South east total	0	0	3	2	83	43	0	0	143	91	0	0	0	0	229	136
South West	Cork	64	57	408	185			4	4	81	58	1	1			558	305
South West	Kerry	5	4	77	30	58	32			58	28					198	94
South West	South West total	69	61	485	215	58	32	4	4	139	86	1	1	0	0	756	399
West	Galway	171	135	45	30			3	3	24	19					243	187
West	Mayo	75	44	26	16	3	1	2	2	97	68			7	2	210	133
West	Roscommon															0	0
West	West total	246	179	71	46	3	1	5	5	121	87	0	0	7	2	453	320
Total		425	343	608	297	263	171	9	9	556	352	62	27	35	20	1958	1219
Source: Bord Iascaigh Mhara

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