EMODnet Human Activities, Aquaculture, Freshwater

The dataset on freshwater aquaculture in the European countries 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. It is available for viewing and download on EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). For EU MSs, it relies mainly on data collected under the Regulation (EU) 2016/429 (the ‘Animal Health Law’). As far as partner countries are concerned, data have been collected in Norway and in the UK (Scotland only), where detailed data are provided online. Data provided here cover Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, 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/Enclosures/Pens, 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 and source_id (id from the source where available). 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. Data have been updated for Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom. Data from Spain have been added.

Date (Revision): 2022-11-29

Date (Creation): 2017-10-09

Citation identifier: EMODnet_HA_Aquaculture_Freshwater_20221129

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
AND-International	severine.renault@and-international.com safa.souidi@and-international.com	Author
Główny Inspektorat Weterynarii - Poland	wet@wetgiw.gov.pl	Resource provider
Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Food Safety, Veterinary Sector and Plant Protection	Jernej.Svab@gov.si	Resource provider
Bulgarian food safety agency	d_iliev@bfsa.bg	Resource provider
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit - Austria	CVO-AUSTRIA@bmg.gv.at	Resource provider
Fiskeridirektoratet (Norway)		Resource provider
Marine Institute - Ireland		Resource provider
Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine - Ireland	GIS.Users@agriculture.gov.ie	Resource provider
Greek Ministry of Agriculture	sperdikaris@minagric.gr	Resource provider
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark	CVO@fvst.dk	Resource provider
Scotland Aquaculture	aquaweb.administrator@sepa.org.uk	Resource provider
AFSCA (Agence fédérale pour la sécurité de la chaine alimentaire)- Belgium		Resource provider
SVSCR (State Veterinary Administration)- Czechia	m.malena@svscr.cz	Resource provider
State Food and Veterinary Service - Lithuania	ernestas.griska@vmvt.lt	Resource provider
Agricultural Register and Information Board - Estonia		Resource provider
Ministère de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation - France		Resource provider
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion (España)	pcarball@mapa.es	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

Use limitation: Re-use of content for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, except for Spanish sites, provided that the sources (both EMODnet - Human Activities, and primary sources) are acknowledged. EMODnet - Human Activities accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the re-use of content accessible on its website. Data from Spain can only be obtained from the Spanish Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

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
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/7c02c4c9-5eb8-48ca-818c-dadadbd44f07/attachments/EMODnet_HA_Aquaculture_Freshwater_20221129.zip	EMODnet_HA_Aquaculture_Freshwater_20221129.zip
OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map	https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms?	freshwater
OGC:WFS	https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs?	emodnet:freshwater

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Date: 2020-12-23

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Statement: Validation and quality assurance remain up to the primary data sources. The geographic database for freshwater aquaculture sites in the European countries relies on the data collected by MSs under the framework of the Regulation (EU) 2016/429 (the ‘Animal Health Law’).The harmonisation work involved the following steps: (i) Identify species when available, translate 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; (ii) Identify, translate and harmonise, production stages (brood stock, hatchery, nursery, grow out, put an take fisheries, other) and production methods (Cages/Enclosures/Pens, Closed systems (recirculation), Ponds, Tanks/Raceways, Quarantine facility, Research facility, Other); (iii) Data cleaning: duplicates, missing or erroneous geographic coordinates, etc.; (iv) Convert all data sets into the same coordinate reference system (WGS84). Most important producing countries where data are missing are Italy, Germany, Hungary and Romania.