On average around the world, around 19.7 kg of fish is consumed per person per year. Annual per capita consumption in Oceania is approximately 24.8 kg, in North America 21.4 kg and in Europe 22.2 kg (Source: State of world fisheries and aquaculture, FAO, 2016). ( 1
Germany
In 2020, a total of 1.14 million tons of fish and seafood were consumed in Germany. This corresponds to a per capita consumption of 14.1 kg. ( 2 The market shares of fish and fishery products in Germany were broken down as follows in 2018: (3
- 61.9% sea fish
- 26.5% freshwater fish
- 11.6% crustaceans and molluscs
Per capita consumption is distributed across the following product groups:
- 29% preserves and marinades
- 25% frozen fish
- 14% crustaceans and molluscs (fresh, frozen, prepared)
- 12% fresh fish
- 11% smoked fish
- 6% other fish products
- 3% fish salads
Market shares of the most important fish, crustaceans and mollusks in percent
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| Pacific pollack ( Alaska pollack ) | 20.8 | 22.1 | 26.0 | 22.0 | 21.4 | 18.3 | 14.9 | 16.5 | 17.3 | 17.7 | 15.2 |
| Salmon | 13.0 | 13.7 | 15.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 20.5 | 18.2 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 18.8 | 17.6 |
| Tuna, bonites | 10.1 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 14.1 | 9.8 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 11.4 | 16.4 |
| herring | 20.0 | 19.1 | 18.1 | 16.8 | 14.7 | 15.9 | 15.7 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 10.0 | 10.1 |
| shrimp | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5.9 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 8.1 |
| Trout | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| Köhler (trade name: Pollock ) | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| Squids | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| cod | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Pangasius, catfish | 5.8 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| Zander | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Shellfish | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| Redfish | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| sardine | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| hake | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| mackerel | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| plaice | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| carp | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Dorade | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Hoki | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Halibut | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Haddock | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tilapia | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | – | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| monkfish | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other | 6.1 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 9.6 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 8.8 |
86% of edible fish and fishery products are imported.
The most important supplying countries are: (4
- Poland (19.2%)
- Netherlands (11.9%)
- Denmark (9.1%)
- Norway (10.7%)
- China (7.3%)
- FOEN (ed.): Fish import and fish consumption. In: fischereistatistics.ch. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- Fish Information Center (August 13, 2021): New consumption figures for fish and seafood .
- Fishing industry - data and facts 2019. (PDF) Accessed on September 4, 2019.
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speisefisch
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