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About Statistics for Aquaculture

Contact

Contact organisation: The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries
Contact organisation unit: Section of Statistics
Contact address: Box 185 Sentrum, NO-5804 Bergen, NORWAY
Contact mail address: statistikk@fiskeridir.no

Update

Last update: 12/10/2023
Next update: May 2024

Statistical presentation

Description: 
Aquaculture, also known as aquafariming, refers to the farming of aquatic (freshwater or saltwater organisms, such as fish, molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, and plants, under controlled conditions. Aquaculture implies some form of intervention in the natural rearing process to enchance production, including regular stocking, feeding and protection from predators. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of, or contractual rights to the stock being culitivated. 

Classification system:
The following variables are recorded in all tables: 

  • Reference year
  • National and regional level
  • Species or species group

Statistical unit:
The basic statistical units are companies or individual holder of a permit for aquaculture. However, presented statistics is aggregated and available at:

  • National level
  • Regional level
    • Troms and Finnmark
    • Nordland
    • Trøndelag
    • Møre and Romsdal
    • Vestland
    • Rogaland
    • Other regions

Staistical population:
All active commercial, research, education, and development licenses for aquaculture with production any time during the reference year.

Reference area:
Production at land or in sea (coastal and offshore) in Norway.

Coverage - Time:
Data for aquaculture production for Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout and trout are available since 1971. However, more variables are available now, than when the collection of data started in 1971. In 1989 aquaculture production of other fish species, molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms was included in the statistics. In 2015 aquaculture production of algae was included.

Units

Volume is expressed in average kg per fish, tonnes live weight/wet weight or numbers of individuals (1000 numbers).
Value is expressed in 1000 NOK.

Reference Period

Calendar year

Institutional Mandate

Legal act and other agreements:

  • Act of 17 June 2005 no. 79 relating to aquaculture (Aquaculture Act), § 24
  • Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9. July 2008, on the submission by Member States of statistics on aquaculture and repealing Council Regulation (EC) 788/96

Data sharing:
Data at national level are shared with international organisations:

  • Statistical Office of the European Communities (EUROSTAT)
  • Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
  • The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Confidentiality

Data which are confidential are not disseminated.

Release policy

Release calendar:
The release calendar foresees the dissemination of aquaculture statisticts

Release callendar access:
In Norwegian only at: Release calendar

Release policy - user access:
In line with legal framework, the Directorate of Fisheries disseminates aquaculture statistics at own website respecting professional independence and, in an objective, professional and transparent manner, in which all users are treated equitably.

Frequency of dissemination

New data are collected and disseminated annually. Preliminary data is disseminated in May and final data is disseminated in October every year.

Accessibility and clarity

Dissemination format - News release:
Press release follow the dissemination of preliminary data

Dissemination format - Publications:
Not available

Dissemination format - online database:
Data are presented in Excel-files at our website: Statistics for aquaculture

Dissemination format - microdata access:
Not applicable

Dissemination format - others:
Not applicable

Quality managment

Quality assurance:
Quality checks are performed at company level, manually, before submitting data to the database. The following data checks are preformed automatically at the database:

  • Missing data
  • Sensible combinations in the production connected to input, output and losses
  • Sensible combinations of weight and prices
  • Sensible combinations of number and prices

Relevance

Relevance - user need:
Main users of the data are other authorities, research institute, the aquaculture sector, and other related activities.

Completeness:
The main dataset is complete

Timeline and punctuality

Timeliness:
Preliminary figures are disseminated 21 weeks after the end of the reference year, and final figures are disseminated 41 weeks after the end of the reference year.

Punctuality:
Dissemination follows the announced data in the release calendar.

Coherence and comparability

Comparability - geographical:
Data are comparable geographical in Norway

Comparability - over time: 
Data are comparable over time

Coherence - cross domain:
Not available

Coherence - internal:
Not available

Data revision

Data revision - policy:
There is no fixed timetable for revisions to the database. Revisions may occur at any time when new or updated data are available. Any major changes would be announced.