The purpose of the EWG 12‐13 meeting was to produce the 2012 Economic Report on the Economic Performance of the EU Aquaculture sector. This is the second report of this type, after last year’s report, produced for the aquaculture sector. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the latest information available on the structure, social, economic and competitive performance of the aquaculture sector at national and EU level. The data used in this publication relates from 2008 to 20010, and was collected under the Data Collection Framework (DCF). The report includes an EU overview chapter, detailed analysis by aquaculture subsector (i.e. shellfish, marine and freshwater aquaculture) and national chapters.