Spain and Andalusia Lead Aquaculture in Europe with 98% Certified Sustainable Production

"We do not manage to grow, the main problem is bureaucratic obstacles, it takes 4 or 5 years on average to obtain a license, and that discourages", explains, in an interview with EFE, Garazi Rodríguez, responsible for the Production and Marketing Plan of Apromar, the aquaculture business association of Spain and the REMA innovation network. The food sector with less carbon footprint Garazi Rodríguez emphasizes that Spanish aquaculture is "young,…

Spanish aquaculture has taken a firm step towards sustainability, with 98% of its already environmentally certified production and 87% of the companies using solar energy, as reflected in the Sustainability Report 2025 published by Apromar, in collaboration with Ctaqua and the Rema network. The report notes an upward trend in the industry’s efforts to reduce its ecological impact. Among the most relevant advances is the calculation of the cradle…