EMODnet Human Activities, Aquaculture, Marine Finfish

The dataset 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. As far as partner countries are concerned, data have been collected only in Norway and the UK (Scotland only), where detailed data are provided online. Data provided here cover Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom (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, n.a.), Farm type (Salmonids, Flatfish, Seabass-seabream and other coastal fish, Tuna, Other, 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, Broodstock, Reproduction, Restoration of wild stock, Put and take fisheries, Processing facility, Slaughtering facility, Research facility, Sea ranching, Other, n.a.), Purpose (Commercial, Display, Education, Research, Capture-based aquaculture, Fishing park, Other, n.a.), Species_source (detailed information on species 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 distance to coast (in meters), the position from Coastline (At sea or Within the coastline), the ID from the source to facilitate traceability, and the year the data was updated in the source. 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, the species name (commercial and scientific) and the Eurostat code (ALPHA-3 code for species). The data has been updated for all countries available and additional fields were added to improve traceability (ID from source and Year updated in the source). Data from Spain are available for viewing but not for download. Data from other countries are available for viewing and download.

Date (Revision): 2024-10-15

Date (Creation): 2017-10-09

Citation identifier: EMODnet_HA_Aquaculture_Marine_Finfish_20241015

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
AND-International	severine.renault@and-international.com safa.souidi@and-international.com	Author
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment - Cyprus		Resource provider
CVO / FVST- Denmark		Resource provider
Greek Ministry of Agriculture - Greece	sperdikaris@minagric.gr	Resource provider
Fiskeridirektoratet (Norway)		Resource provider
Ireland's Marine Atlas		Resource provider
Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Animal Rights - Malta	thomas.bajada.1@gov.mt	Resource provider
Miniterio de Agricultura, Alimentacion y Peca (Dirección General de Ordenación Pesquera y Acuicultura) - Spain	pcarball@mapa.es	Resource provider
Agricultural Registers and Information Board of the Republic of Estonia		Resource provider

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Agricultural and aquaculture facilities

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

fishery

GEMET - Groups, version 2.4

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; FISHERY

GEMET - Themes, version 2.4

fishery

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

fish farming

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Access constraints: Other restrictions

Spatial representation type: Vector

Denominator: 100000

Language: English

Topic category

Farming

Distribution format

Name	Version
unknown	unknown

Transfer size: 0

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities	EMODnet Human Activities
OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map	https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms?	finfish
OGC:WFS	https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs?	emodnet:finfish
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/03c35b79-808f-4168-9d30-2de44a55a6f4/attachments/EMODnet_HA_Aquaculture_Marine_Finfish_20241015_Download.zip	EMODnet_HA_Aquaculture_Marine_Finfish_20241015_Download.zip

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Date: 2021-09-13

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Statement: The dataset for marine finfish aquaculture sites in the EU relies on the data collected by MS under the framework of Council Directive 2006/88/EC for animal health status ( https://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/live_animals/aquaculture_en).The harmonisation work involved the following steps:- (1) Identify species when available, translate them into English and harmonise into farm types based on species and relationship with Eurostat nomenclature for species and species groups. Details provided in the datasets vary from detailed scientific names to national common names. (2) Identify translate and harmonise, production stages (Grow out for human consumption, Hatchery, Nursery, Broodstock, Reproduction, Restoration of wild stock, Put and take fisheries, Processing facility, Slaughtering facility, Other, n.a.) and production methods (Sea cages, Saltwater tanks/racaways, Saltwater ponds, Saltwater closed (recirculation), Quarantine, Other, n.a.) (3) Data cleaning: duplicates, missing or erroneous geographic coordinates, etc. ; (4) Convert all data sets into the same reference system (WGS 84). Most important producing countries where data are missing are Italy, Croatia, France, Portugal and Germany.