Game

Reindeer

Fish

Aquaculture

Economics and society


	Natural resources		Food production		Aquaculture Forum

Game-, Reindeer- and AquaFood Research Program – GRAF :


»	Consumer needs and expectations in the global markets

»	Healthy, tasty, and high-quality food products

»	Diverse and sustainable food production

»	Changes in livelihoods and business sector competitiveness


»	Projects
	•	Developing Reindeer husbandry and Reindeer meat market
	•	Markets for products of captive fisheries
	•	BENEFISH – the economic impact of the welfare of fish in European fish farming
	•	Development of fish product quality research
	•	Effects of live-chilling on product quality
	•	Regulating the sexual maturity of rainbow trout in food fish production
	•	Improving fish quality
	•	The quality of European whitefish in the supply chain
	•	Electric stunning of vendace
	•	Action plan for sustainable aquaculture in Åland
	•	Effects of location guidance on the fish farming economy
	•	Environmental investment in fish farming
	•	Diversifying aquaculture
	•	Research on the selective breeding of whitefish
	•	Research on production biology
	•	New wave
	•	Software for assessing the profitability of fish farming
	•	Economic success factors of the reindeer husbandry
	•	Fish Consumption and the Catering Sector • The Finnish Catering Sector’s Use of Fish in 2005 • The Trade Liberation and Fish Consumption in the Finnish Catering Sector • Factors Affecting Fish Consumption in Finnish Catering Sector
	•	Utilization of less-valuable fish material in food, feed and bioenergy

The Trade Liberation and Fish Consumption in the Finnish Catering Sector

The national food market changed radically in 1995, when Finland became the member of the European Union. After that the volume of fresh fish imports has been growing fast leading to major changes in market structure and the composition of fish supply.

The development of imported food volumes (1=1988)

In the Finnish catering sector the fish consumption has increased 30 % during the last ten years. The consumption of fresh fillets and frozen semi-manufactured fish products has grown most rapidly.

The growth is exclusively based on imported fish which consumption has doubled. All types of imported fish products were used for meals more than earlier, but the consumption of fresh fish products has grown most extensively.

Consumption of the imported fish in the catering sector 1988-2005

The share of domestic food supply has declined from 60 to 45 per cents. The consumption of Baltic herring has changed most considerably. It was consumed half of the amount than before.

The frequency of serving fish meals has been increasing. In 1992 fewer than every tenth outlet served fish more than five times a week, whereas in 2005 almost every fifth outlet served fish that often.

Development of the use of domestic fish species in the catering sector 1988-2005

Open fish trade together with efficient logistics have enabled the fish traders and distributors to respond to the increasing requirements of catering industry. Better availability of fish has also boosted food industry, which has invested in processing value added fish products. Therefore catering sector has been able to purchase more prefabricated fish products and rationalize the processes of fish meal preparation.

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