Fish Farms

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Fish Farms

File:Layer Finfish Farms.png
Layer Info
Category	Activities
Sub-category	Aquaculture

Description

Finfish farms are sites where reproduction or growth of fish occurs in tanks or cages.

MSP Challenge

Finfish farms can be planned and they create the following pressures on the ecosystem:

• Artificial substrate
• Surface disturbance

Return to aquaculture.

Types

• Salmon
• Flatfish
• Trout
• Diversified salmonids
• Other

Metadata

Data Source

EMODnet, downloaded 2022-05.

Original Title

Finfish Production

Metadata Identifier

Description

Abstract as in EMODnet (retrieved on 2022-05-23):

"The database on marine finfish aquaculture in the EU was created in 2017 by AND-International for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). The dataset provides information about the location of marine finfish farms in the EU and partner countries where data are available. There is an obligation for EU MS to inventory all authorized aquaculture sites under the Council Directive 2006/88/EC on animal health requirements. Despite this obligation, the availability of data varies among MS from no data available at all to a complete regularly updated dataset (e.g.in Ireland). As far as partner countries are concerned, data have been collected only in Norway and the UK (Scotland only) at this stage, where detailed data are provided online. Data provided here cover Cyprus, Danmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Norway, Spain and the UK (Scotland only). Data collection is still undergoing in other EU MS and neighbouring countries. Each point has the following attributes (where available): Country, Owner name, Status (Active, Expired, Inactive, Renewal, n.a.), Farm type (Flatfish, Diversified farm, Other specialised farm, Salmon, Salmonids, Seabass-seabream, Trout,Tuna, n.a.), Production method (Sea cages, Saltwater tanks/raceways, Saltwater ponds, Saltwater closed (recirculation), Quarantine, Other, n.a.), Production stage (Grow out for human consumption, Hatchery, Nursery, Brood stock, Reproduction, Restoration of wild stock, Put and take fisheries, Processing facility, Salughtering facility, Other, n.a.), Purpose (Commercial, Restocking, Other, n.a.), Products detailed (detailed product information names as presented in the source and translated to English), Point information (Polygon centroid, Original) depending on how the information is provided in the source (polygons or points), Site_ID. The farm type relies on a typology established by AND-International, based on available information on species grown. A relational table provides harmonised information about species grown using Eurostat nomenclature for the Species Group (Cods, hakes, haddocks; Flounders, halibuts, soles; Miscellaneous coastal fishes, Miscellaneous demersal fishes; Miscellaneous pelagic fishes; Salmons, trouts, smelts;Tunas, bonitos, billfishes), the species name (commercial and scientific) and the code. Compared with the previous version this new version has been not only updated but was also reviewed (dataset schema and attributes values), in order to add information on production methods, production stages and purposes and to provide a more useful typology based on species grown."

Creation Date

Created on 2017-10-09, revision date: 2021-09-13

Methodology

Selected features in the North Sea region, within 10km from the coast and within 2km from a river. The layer was styled according to the Farm Type attribute and the farm types "Other diversified farms", "Other specialised farms" and "n.a." where merged into a type called "other".

Types

None

Metadata

Data Source

HELCOM HOLAS II Dataset: Finfish mariculture (2017)

Original Title

Finfish mariculture

Description

"Data of fish farming facilities along the Baltic coast. Annual and average finfish production and nutrient load (total phosphorus and total nitrogen) is given, if known.

The data was made available by HELCOM Contracting Parties in response to data request. The data was received from Denmark, Finland, Germany and Sweden.

The activity was declared as not relevant for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, thus there is no activity within those Contracting Parties.

No data received from Russia."

Description retrieved from HELCOM's metadata page for this resource (2021-07-20)

Creation Date

2016-04-06

Methodology

Edited as to not overlap the countries' layer implemented in the platform.

Types

None

Metadata

Data Source

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Description

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Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd Clyde Marine Region

Methodology

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Types

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Metadata

Data Source

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