Editing Nord-Pas-de-Calais (section)

=== Agriculture and fishing ===
Due to its location close to the [[North Sea]], the Nord-Pas de Calais region has a strong [[fishing industry]].

The [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]] harbor is the biggest French port in terms of capacity with more than 150 boats. 45,000 tons of fish were traded there in 2012. The harbor is also a leading European seafood processing center with 380,000 tons of shellfish, fish and [[algae|seaweed]] traded every year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Port du peche|publisher=Port de Boulogne-sur-Mer|url=http://www.portboulogne.com/port-de-peche.html|access-date=7 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220013002/http://www.portboulogne.com/port-de-peche.html|archive-date=20 December 2012}}</ref> Some 140 companies are present in the port.

The agricultural sector comprises 13,800 farm businesses using {{convert|820000|ha|acre}} of farmland. The temperate climate as well as great fertility makes the region a leading production center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/regions/nord-pas-de-calais/reg-dep.asp?theme=10&suite=1 |title=Insee – Régions |publisher=Insee.fr |access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref> The Nord-Pas de Calais region supplied 26.1&nbsp;million tons of wheat (approximately 7% of the national production) and a third of the French potato production.