1. measuring the blue economy
Working Group on regional, urban and rural development statistics
Luxembourg, 17 October 2016

2. > 5 million jobs shipbuilding non-living resources shipping
coastal tourism

3. United States European Union comparison with US living resources
ship and boat building
shipbuilding
offshore mineral resources
non-living resources
marine transportation
shipping
marine construction
(included under shipping)
tourism and recreation
coastal tourism
You can see that our categories map quite well onto those used in the United States
Although we calculate each one differently and our total comes out higher than theirs

4. Eurostat structural business statistics and
indirect employment
Eurostat structural business statistics and
supply and use tables
employment in enterprises providing goods and services to primary activities in each Member State
The main difference with theirs is our estimate of "indirect employment"
These are enterprises that are not full maritime but that provide goods and services to the maritime industry
For instance insurance, legal services, marine equipment,
We can use input-output or supply-and-use tables
These tell us what one company buys from another

5. wind energy jobs
offshore wind now employs about half the number as are fishing

6. coastal tourism
defined as spending by tourists in coastal municipalities
The official definition enshrined in EU legislation is that coastal tourism is that taking place in coastal municipalities. These are the blue areas shown in the map
The green areas are "coastal regions" used in other definitions of the maritime economy but not here
This includes towns. Countries may choose to omit big towns from the coastal data that they send to Eurostat. I believe that the Netherlands omit Amsterdam.

7. comparison between surveys of tourists and hotels
nights spent

8. comparison structural business statistics
spending on paid accommodation

9. coastal tourism

10. fish processing
Spain
France
Portugal UK

11. Fisheries and aquaculture
Spain
France
Ireland
Portugal UK

12. accident reports (UK)

13. shipbuilding

14. shipbuilding

15. Exports marime navigation equipment

16. conclusions We use Lesson learned Wish list
Structural business statistics, prodcom, tourism statistics, labour force survey, energy production, input-output tables
Lesson learned
If you can't get data from Eurostat, you are unlikely to get comparable data elsewhere
Wish list
tourism statistics – separation coastal rural and coastal urban
Energy production (oil, wind) - separation of offshore
ODBC connections to database
3-digit codes for input-output tables