Abstract
Denmark is a small country (population 5.3 million in 1999) but, in the context of the European Union, a large fishing nation. This is primarily due to the underlying geographical conditions for, apart from the Jutland peninsula, Denmark is essentially made up of a large number of islands. No one in Denmark can live more than 50 km from the sea. Compared to other Member States, Denmark takes a significant share of total EU landings (23% in 1998) but, because of the disproportionate volume of the catch intended for reduction to fish meal and oil, a much smaller share of total value (about 8% in 1997) and employment (less than 2%) arising from the Community’s fisheries (Eurostat, 2000). Nonetheless, Denmark is by far the largest exporter of fish in the EU. By 1999 the total Danish catch had reduced from almost 2 million tonnes in 1995 to 1.3 million tonnes, with a turnover value of 3,100 million DKr.
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Roth, E. (2001). Denmark. In: Symes, D., Phillipson, J. (eds) Inshore Fisheries Management. Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1892-9_4
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