20Acuicultura%20Marina%20Andaluc%C3%ADa%202018.pdf. Active facilities
(onshore and offshore) during 2018 are shown in Fig. 20.1.
Table 20.1 shows the main cultured species in Andalusia in 2018. These five
species account for more than 95% of the total production. Other cultured species are
Palaemon varians, Crassostrea gigas, Argyrosomus regius, Mujil sp., and different
microalgae (Nannochloropsis gaditana, Tetraselmis chui, etc.). Most of these species are not cultured in the Alboran Sea, where the main production comes from sea
bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (about 1500 t), and mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis
(close to 800 t).
Periodically the Regional Government of Andalusia also publishes a document
dealing with the areas for developing aquaculture. The last published review was
Fig. 20.1 Facilities existing in Andalusia in 2018. Blue points mean offshore facilities, and yellow
point means onshore facilities (AGAPA 2019)
Table 20.1 Main cultured
species in aquaculture
(AGAPA 2019)
Species
Tonnes
Dicentrarchus labrax
3963
Thunnys thynnus
1178
Mytilus galloprovincialis
968
Sparus auratus
763
Solea senegalensis
492
664
A. Ortega et al.