France

Overview

France ranks as a major producing country for only one of the top 20 marine finfish species in production—turbot. France achieves a country score of 68—the seventh-highest score of all countries assessed. It is important to note, however, that turbot production only accounted for 12% of marine finfish production in France in 2007. Thus, France’s score may not be representative of its entire marine aquaculture industry.