date:Feb 20, 2013
ns (MT) of brown crab, with a sales value of GBP 30.5 million (USD 47 million, EUR 35 million), accounting for more than half of total European value. In the past three years, landings have risen by 16 percent in volume, and 27 percent in value. Irish landings make up 15 percent of the value and French landings 13 percent.
France and Spain play a major role in the purchase and distribution of crab, but processing and value adding activities are spread across all the countries.
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