Freshwater Aquaculture

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Freshwater Aquaculture

File:Layer Freshwater Fishfarms.png
Layer Info
Category	Activities
Sub-category	Aquaculture

Description

Freshwater aquaculture consists of sites where reproduction or growth of fish occurs in freshwater tanks or cages.

MSP Challenge

Freshwater aquaculture can be planned and create the following pressures on the ecosystem:

• Artificial substrate
• Surface disturbance

Return to aquaculture.

Types

• Salmonids
• Carp
• Trout
• Eel
• 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

Freshwater Production

Metadata Identifier

EMODnet_HA_Aquaculture_Freshwater_20201223

Description

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

"The database on freshwater 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 freshwater finfish farms in the EU and partner countries where data are available."

The dataset covers Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, and the UK (Scotland only)."

"Each point has the following attributes (where available): status (Active, Expired, Inactive, Renewal), country, owner name, farm type (Carp, Diversified pond fish, Eel, Other diversified, Other specialised, Salmonids, Sturgeon, Trout), production method (Closed systems (recirculation), Ponds, Tanks-Raceways, Cages, Quarantine facility, Research facility, Other), production stage (Grow out for human consumption, Hatchery, Nursery, Brood stock, Put and take fisheries, Restoration of wild stock, Processing facility, Other), purpose (Commercial, Restocking, Other), Species from Source (English translation of the information provided on species grown in the source), 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 (Carps, barbels and other cyprinids; Miscellaneous freshwater fishes; River eels; Salmons, trouts, smelts; Sturgeons, paddlefishes; Tilapias and other cichlids), the species name (commercial and scientific) and the code."

Creation Date

Created on 2017-10-09, revision date: 2020-12-23.

Methodology

Selected features in the North Sea region, within 10km from the coast and within 2km from rivers. The layer was styled according to the Farm Type attribute and the farm types "Other specialised" and "N/A" were merged into "other".

Types

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Baltic Sea Edition.

Please go back to aquaculture and refer to one of the following pages:

• Shellfish Farms
• Finfish farms

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Please go back to aquaculture and refer to one of the following pages:

• Shellfish Farms
• Finfish farms

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.