Socio-economic indicators of fleets

1. Contact

1.1. Contact organisation	Statistics Estonia
1.2. Contact organisation unit	Economic and Environmental Statistics Department
1.3. Contact name	Evelin Puura
1.4. Contact person function	Team Lead
1.5. Contact mail address	51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia
1.6. Contact email address	evelin.puura [at] stat.ee
1.7. Contact phone number	37253434291

2. Metadata update

2.1. Metadata last certified	27/03/2025
2.2. Metadata last update	27/03/2025

3. Statistical presentation

3.1. Data description	Income, costs, subsidies, capital value, investments, fishing effort, employment, fleet and financial position by length class of fishing vessels and by fishing gear
3.2. Classification system
3.3. Sector coverage
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
3.5. Statistical unit	Fisheries entity
3.6. Statistical population
3.7. Reference area
3.8. Time coverage	2018–…
3.9. Base period	Not applicable

4. Unit of measure

Financial data – euro

Fishing effort – litre

Employment – number of employees, hours worked

5. Reference period

Year

6. Institutional mandate

6.1. Legal acts and other agreements

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACTS

REGULATION (EU) 2017/1004 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 May 2017 on the establishment of a Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the common fisheries policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008

OTHER LEGAL ACTS

Not available

OTHER AGREEMENTS

Not available

7. Confidentiality

7.1. Confidentiality - policy

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 32, § 34, § 35, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act.

7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

The dissemination of data collected for the production of official statistics is based on the requirements laid down in §§ 34 and 35 of the Official Statistics Act.

The principles for treatment of confidential data can be found here.

8. Release policy

8.1. Release calendar
8.2. Release calendar access
8.3. User access	All users have been granted equal access to official statistics: dissemination dates of official statistics are announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) is provided access to official statistics before other users. Official statistics are first published in the statistical database. If there is also a news release, it is published simultaneously with data in the statistical database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar.

9. Frequency of dissemination

Annual

10. Accessibility and clarity

10.1. News release	Not published
10.2. Publications	Not published
10.3. Online database	Not published
10.4. Microdata access	The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 33, § 34, § 35, § 36, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. Access to microdata and anonymisation of microdata are regulated by Statistics Estonia’s procedure for dissemination of confidential data for scientific purposes.
10.5. Other	Data serve as input for “Estonia’s national work plan for the collection of biological, technical, environmental and socio-economic data of the fisheries sector 2017–2019” approved by the European Commission.
10.6. Documentation on methodology	Commission Implementing Decision for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors for the period 2017–2019 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/ET/TXT/?qid=1514363954985&uri=CELEX:32016D1251
10.7. Quality documentation	Not available

11. Quality management

11.1. Quality assurance

To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements in § 7. “Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act.

11.2. Quality assessment

Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process; this information can take many forms, including feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees. This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions.

12. Relevance

12.1. User needs

Ministry of the Environment

Users’ suggestions and information about taking these into account are available on the website of Statistics Estonia at http://www.stat.ee/statistikatood.

12.2. User satisfaction

Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys. All results are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section User surveys.

12.3. Completeness

13. Accuracy and reliability

13.1. Overall accuracy	The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness.
13.2. Sampling error	Not measured
13.3. Non-sampling error	Not measured

14. Timeliness and punctuality

14.1. Timeliness	The data are submitted according to an agreement.
14.2. Punctuality

15. Coherence and comparability

15.1. Comparability - geographical
15.2. Comparability - over time
15.3. Coherence - cross domain	Not applicable
15.4. Coherence - internal	The outputs of the statistical activity are coherent.

16. Cost and burden

Total time of filling in reports of the statistical activity, hours: 185 Average time of filling in the reports, hours per report:

Laevapõhised majandus- ja sotsiaalnäitajad 1,3

(data for 2022)

17. Data revision

17.1. Data revision - policy	The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the section Principles of dissemination of official statistics of the website of Statistics Estonia.
17.2. Data revision - practice	Not applicable

18. Statistical processing

18.1. Source data
18.2. Frequency of data collection	Annual
18.3. Data collection	Data are collected and the submission of questionnaires is monitored through eSTAT (the web channel for electronic data submission). The questionnaires have been designed for independent completion in eSTAT and include instructions and controls. The questionnaires and information about data submission are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section Questionnaires.
18.4. Data validation	Arithmetic and qualitative controls are used in the validation process, including comparison with administrative data sources.
18.5. Data compilation
18.6. Adjustment	Not applied

19. Comments

Not available