It is already an important economic sector today: in 2005, production by the EU-27 aquaculture sector amounted to around 1.3 million tonnes of fish, molluscs and shellfish, representing a turnover of about EUR 3.5 billion.
Earnáil eacnamaíoch atá i gceist fiú inniu, dála an scéil: i 2005 bhí leibhéal táirgthe earnáil dobharshaothraithe 27 mBallstát an AE ag thart ar 1.3 milliún tona éisc, moileasc agus crústach, sin láimhdeachas de thart ar €3.5 billiún.