Commercial Fishing & Seafood Industry Contacts - Poland (+48)

Government Contacts & Information Resources for
Commercial Fishing, Seafood, Aquaculture, Marine & Oceans in Poland

Europêche - Association of national organisations of fishing enterprises in the European Union.

European Commission - Fisheries - The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is the European Union's instrument for the management of fisheries and aquaculture. It was created to manage a common resource and to meet the obligation set in the original Treaties of the then European Community. Because fish are a natural and mobile resource they are considered as common property. In addition, the Treaties which created the Community stated that there should be a common policy in this area, that is, common rules adopted at EU level and implemented in all Member States.

European Association of Fish Producers’ Organisations (EAPO) - European Association of Fish Producers Organisations

Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profile for Poland - aquatic species caught by country or area, by species items, by FAO major fishing areas, and year, for all commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes. The harvest from mariculture, aquaculture and other kinds of fish farming is also included.

The Stanis³aw Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute - The mission of the Institute is to carry out research in the fields of fish farming and to further developments in inland fisheries. It also charged with the tasks of disseminating information, implementing, normalizing and unifying work in these areas.

Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia - Includes:
Department of Fishery Resources
Department of Fisheries Oceanography and Marine Ecology
Department of Processing Technology
Department of Fishery Economics

Department of Genetics and Marine Biology Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences (formerly: Marine Biology Center)

Faculty of Food Sciences and Fisheries, Agricultural University of Szczecin (former name: Faculty of Marine Fisheries and Food Technology) (in Polish)

Import, export and tariff regulations, EU regulations
Trade between Poland, the EU member states and the members of EFTA apart from Switzerland (collectively constituting the European Economic Area/EEA) is free and not subject to any duties. In trade with countries from outside the EEA, Poland uses the common EU tariffs.

Federation of European Aquaculture Producers - The Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) is an international organisation that is composed of the National Aquaculture Associations of European countries. The basic aims of the Federation are: * to develop and establish a common policy on questions relating to the production and the commercialisation of aquaculture species are reared professionally. * to make known to the appropriate authorities the common policies envisaged above.