The fish and seafood industry

in Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France is a leader in Europe’s seafood industry, thanks to our concentration of players, large-scale processing and production, and comprehensive logistics infrastructure.

Boulogne-sur-mer: 1st European centre
for processing seafood products

1st fishing port in France, the Boulogne-sur-mer port is also the 1st European centre to process seafood product.

HAUTS-DE-FRANCE IS HOME TO EVERY SEGMENT OF THE INDUSTRY

salting and smoking
canning
cutting and packaging
fresh and frozen ready-to-serve specialties
aquaculture including pure salmon
and more, including food supplements, cosmeceuticals and animal feed ingredients

KEY FIGURES

#1 European centre for transformation of seafood products
+ 350 metric tons of fish and seafood products delivered to Boulogne-sur-Mer
200 companies
5,700 direct jobs

They chose the Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France welcomes national and international players in the seafood industry, such as:

The assets of Hauts-de-France for your company
in the seafood industry

When you do business in Hauts-de-France, you’ll benefit from a wide range of resources, including modern logistics, a deep pool of expertise, and a broad-based R&D cluster to help make your new ideas a reality.

THE LOGISTICS YOU NEED

Hauts-de-France has a solid selection of resources for seafood logistics

Case study: Boulogne-sur-Mer’s road terminal

dedicated, temperature-controlled refrigerated and frozen storage
over 250,000 cubic meters of frozen storage capacity
processing and packaging specialists
every day Boulogne-sur-Mer serves over 100 destinations in France, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Spain and more.

MEET YOUR FUTURE EMPLOYEES

Hauts-de-France has a long tradition of expertise in the fish and seafood industry, built up through special training courses:

Sea fishing and commercial fishing
Fish processing (filleting, smoking, cutting and more)
Food quality and safety
Nutrition

GROW YOUR R&D IN HAUTS-DE-FRANCE

Have a new project in mind? Tap into the R&D expertise of our fish and seafood specialists:

Anses, the French agency for food, environmental and occupational health & safety
IFREMER, French national institute for marine science research
NAUSICAA, French National Sea Center
Nouvelles Vagues, a regional seafood and aquaculture innovation platform
the Aquimer cluster

CLOSE-UP LOOK... THE AQUIMER INNOVATION CLUSTER

Aquimer views fish and seafood as the food of the future, and is dedicated to:

making the industry as a whole more competitive by meeting fish and seafood businesses’ needs
helping companies grow through targeted R&D and improved technology
maximizing available assets by creating new resources that promote sustainable development

Fast facts:

124 members in 81 businesses
20 skills centers
128 cluster projects

Benefit from
quality labels!

Hauts-de-France lets you raise your business profile by qualifying for labels that guarantee safety and traceability for your customers—proven credibility : such as Pavillon France, MSC, Label Rouge, MrGoodfish, the Boulogne-sur-Mer city and Saveurs en Or.