1. trends in the blue economy
Marine Strategy Framework Directive 14th meeting of the working group on economic and social analysis (WG ESA)
29 February 2016

2. contents size of blue economy blue growth focus areas living resources
non-living resources
coastal tourism
shipping
shipbuilding
renewable energy
blue growth focus areas
ocean energy
aquaculture
seabed mining
marine biotechnology

3. overview

4. United States European Union comparison with US living resources
ship and boat building
shipbuilding
offshore mineral resources
non-living resources
marine transportation
transport
marine construction
(included under transport)
tourism and recreation
coastal tourism
renewable energy

5. 𝐽 𝑖 = 𝑗=1 𝑗=𝑛 𝑝 𝑖 𝛼 𝑖 𝑗 𝑡 𝑗 𝑖∈𝑃, 𝑗∈𝑆, 𝑗∉𝑃 indirect employment
𝐽 𝑖 = 𝑗=1 𝑗=𝑛 𝑝 𝑖 𝛼 𝑖 𝑗 𝑡 𝑗
𝑖∈𝑃, 𝑗∈𝑆, 𝑗∉𝑃
employment in enterprises providing goods and services to primary activities in each Member State
Eurostat structural business statistics and
supply and use tables

6. examples fisheries and aquaculture extraction of petroleum and gas
warehousing and transportation support 6%
extraction of petroleum and gas
mining support services 28%
financial services 8%
shipbuilding
machinery and equipment 13%
fabricated metal products 10%
ship repair
repair of machinery 8%
water transport
warehousing and transportation support 31%
coke and refined petroleum products 15%

7. shipbuildingbuding

8. shippingbuding

9. foodbuding

10. oil and gas
wind
energy

11. coastal tourism

12. jobs

13. coastal tourism

14. monetary value activity indicator Value (€ billions)
crude petroleum and gas extraction
turnover
160
offshore wind
investment 4
fishing
revenue 7
aquaculture 2
fish processing
gross value added
shipbuilding and repair 43
shipping
110
tourism (residents) 51
tourism (non-residents)
130
total
450

15. growth

16. offshore wind year Total employment Onshore jobs Offshore jobs 2007
163,744
152,170
11,571
2008
158,627
143,840
14,783
2009
194,691
170,990
23,698
2010
202,278
162,864
39,414
2011
203,835
162,536
41,298
2012
254,497
195,616
58,881
2013
252,807
174,966
77,841
2014
262,061
187,035
75,026
Subsectors
percent
WT manufacturing
37.0%
Component manufacturing
22.0%
Wind farm development
16.0%
Installation and maintenance
11.0%
IPP/utilities
9.0%
Consultants
3.0%
R&D/universities
1.0%
Finance
0.3%
Others
0.7%
Total
100.0%

17. inland?
shipping
aquaculture
employment

18. ocean energy waves, tides, thermal or salinity gradients
mostly in Atlantic
upscale and reduce costs
ocean energy forum
environment and consenting,
finance
technology
roadmap 2016

19. aquaculture
growing demand for sustainable seafood with safe, secure, high quality, fresh, locally farmed fish
funding
€1.2 billion European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
€46 million Horizon2020 research - focus on the Mediterranean
stakeholder coordination
working with authorities to improve licensing procedures
launch of the Aquaculture Advisory Council

20. better less-precarious jobs
coastal tourism
better less-precarious jobs
study on challenges April 2016
innovation for tourism
islands connectivity
marina development
thematic routes on underwater cultural heritage
call for proposals ongoing

21. marine biotechnology more taxa in marine environment than land
50% of primary production but less than 2% of food
promise of third generation biofuel from algae
Horizon2020 research
ownership of genetic resources
Implementation of Nagoya protocol
conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction

22. deep-sea mining operations starting waters Papua New Guinea
rules for Area (beyond national jurisdiction) 2018?
International Seabed Authority EU
study
public consultation
research
€9 million MIDAS
€10 million Blue Mining
€8 million Blue Nodules
Areas of Particular Environmental Interest

23. any questions?