Dataset: Marine finfish aquaculture sites in the EU
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06 July, 2023
1 Data information
The database on marine finfish aquaculture in the EU was created in 2015 by AND-International for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). The dataset includes both at sea and inland facilities related to the farming of marine finfish, where data are available. It is the result of the aggregation and harmonization of datasets provided by national sources from all across the EU (plus Norway). It is updated every year, and is available for viewing and download on EMODnet - Human Activities web portal www.emodnet-humanactivities.eu. The database contains points representing marine finfish aquaculture facilities in the following countries: Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom. Each point has the following attributes (where available): status (active, inactive), country, owner name, farm type (Salmon, Salmon-Trout, Trout, Seabass-Seabream, Flatfish, Tuna, Other specialised farm, Diversified farm), production method (Sea cages, Saltwater tanks/raceways, Saltwater ponds, Saltwater closed (recirculation), Quarantine, Other), production stage (Grow out for human consumption, Hatchery, Nursery, Broodstock, Reproduction, Restoration of wild stock, Put and take fisheries, Processing facility, Slaughtering facility, Other), purpose (Commercial, Research, Education, Display, Other), species detailed (English translation of the information provided on species grown in the source), a series of Yes/No fields allowing filters by species (cod, eel, halibut, lumpfish, salmon, seabass, seabream, sole, trout, tuna, turbot, other), point information (Polygon centroid, Original) depending on how the information is provided in the source (polygons or points), site_id, distance to coast (metres), position from coastline (At sea, within the coastline). The farm type relies on a typology established by AND-International, based on available information on species grown. The distance to coast (EEA coastline shapefile) has been calculated using the original data map projections, where available. In the other cases it was used the UTM WGS84 Zone projected coordinate system where data fall in. Compared with the previous version this new version has been not only updated but was also reviewed (dataset schema and attributes values), in order to add information on production methods, production stages and purposes and to provide a more useful typology based on species grown. Land-based facilities were not included in the previous version and have been added in this new version. Data from Malta has also been added.
1.1 Metadata
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2 Geographical extent
2.1 Coordinates
## [1] "West-Longitude: -18.6"## [1] "South-Latitude: 49.3"## [1] "East-Longitude: 4.2"## [1] "North-Latitude: 61.2"
3 Marine finfish aquaculture sites in the EU
3.1 Access data
The Web Feature Service (WFS) of the EMODnet Human activities portal allows collecting the data:
https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs?service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.1.0
Available labels:
## [1] "FID" "id" "site_id"
## [4] "country" "owner_name" "status"
## [7] "farm_type" "prodmethod" "prodstage"
## [10] "purpose" "proddetails" "point_info"
## [13] "distance_to_coast_m" "position_coastline" "the_geom"
## [16] "species_id" "eurostatcode" "eurospeciesgroup"
## [19] "eurospeciesname" "y" "x"
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| Excel file | Geographic information |
| csv | geojson |
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4 Open-notebook
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