Fish Farms

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Fish Farms

Layer Info
Category	Activities
Sub-category	Aquaculture

Description

Finfish farms are sites where the 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

Adapted from data downloaded in May 2022 from the EMODnet Portal (https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/). The data originator is AND-International.

Original Title

Finfish Production

Metadata Identifier

EMODnet_HA_Aquaculture_Marine_Finfish_20210913

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."

The dataset covers Cyprus, Danmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Norway, Spain and the UK (Scotland only).

"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."

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." were 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.

Western Baltic Sea

The Finfish Farm layer in the Western Baltic Sea Edition remains consistent with that featured in the Baltic Sea edition.

Types

None

Metadata

Data Source

Data provided by project partner (Marine Scotland).

Original Title

Not available.

Description

Not available.

Creation Date

Not available. Data provided on 2017/12.

Methodology

The layer was implemented in the MSP Challenge as provided by the project partner Marine Scotland.

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Adriatic Sea Edition.

For aquaculture in the Adriatic Sea click here.

Not applicable.

This layer is not present in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.