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  4. Aquaculture

Aquaculture

Statistical activity code: 20702

1. Contact
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistics Estonia

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Economic and Environmental Statistics Department

1.3. Contact name

Swen Peterson

1.4. Contact person function

Analyst

1.5. Contact mail address

51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia

1.6. Contact email address

swen.peterson [at] stat.ee

1.7. Contact phone number

+372 625 9340

2. Metadata update
2.1. Metadata last certified

10/02/2023

2.2. Metadata last update

10/02/2023

3. Statistical presentation
3.1. Data description

Area and volume of waterbody used for fish and crayfish farming by type of facility, incl. waterbodies with fresh water and sea water

Feed used for fish and crayfish farming by type (feed for predatory fish, feed for carps, other)

Quantity of sold fish and crayfish by farmed species, salinity of water and by type of facility; value of sold catch by farmed species

Sale of fish roe (for consumption) by farmed species, salinity of water and value of sold catch by farmed species

Production of hatcheries and nurseries for release into the wild or a controlled environment by farmed species, age group and value

Quantity of fish and crayfish collected from the wild and purchased by species and age group; value by species

Average annual number of employees by sex

Area of buildings related directly to aquaculture

3.2. Classification system

Age group of fish and crayfish

Classification of fish farming facilities

Classification of fish by species

Aquatic environment

3.3. Sector coverage

All enterprises whose main or secondary activity is aquaculture

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Cage – a net structure with floats placed in the sea or in a natural freshwater body.

Enclosure with water recirculation system – artificial structure where water is re-used after bio-filtering.

Hatchery and nursery – artificial structure where eggs and juveniles are bred, hatched and reared.

Pond and tank – a natural structure or a structure with artificial walls and bottom where water interchange takes place up to 10 times a day.

Raceway – an artificial structure with high water turnover rate (more than 10 times a day) without water recirculation.

Sale of commercial fish – fish farming production sold as commercial fish to Estonia and foreign countries in the current year.

3.5. Statistical unit

Enterprise

3.6. Statistical population

Aquaculture enterprises

FRAME

List of active enterprises whose main or secondary activity is aquaculture (EMTAK 03.2–03.22). The list is generated from the Business Register for Statistical Purposes.

3.7. Reference area

Estonia as a whole

3.8. Time coverage

1992–…

3.9. Base period

Not applicable

4. Unit of measure

Type of aquaculture facility – number, ha, m³

Feed – tonne

Employees – number

Sold production (commercial fish and fish roe for consumption), fish brought to fish farms by nursery – live weight, kg, tonnes

Farming of fish for release into waterbodies by nursery – thousand units

Area of building – m²

5. Reference period

Year

6. Institutional mandate
6.1. Legal acts and other agreements

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACTS

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) No 788/96

OTHER LEGAL ACTS

Not available

OTHER AGREEMENTS

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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 treatment of confidential data is regulated by the Procedure for Protection of Data Collected and Processed by Statistics Estonia (in Estonian). See more details on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section Õigusaktid.

8. Release policy
8.1. Release calendar

Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the statistical database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year are announced in the release calendar (in the case of publications – the release month).

8.2. Release calendar access

Calendar

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

The news release “Fish and crayfish farming” once a year. The news release can be viewed on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section Uudiskiri (in Estonian).

10.2. Publications

Not published

10.3. Online database

Data are published in the statistical database at https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat under the subject area “Economy / Fishing” in the following table:

KA40: Commercial catch and realisation in fish farms by species

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 statistical activity 10601 “Material flow accounts” and 10106 “Environmental goods and services sector accounts”.

10.6. Documentation on methodology

The methodology used is based on Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and on the materials of Eurostat’s working party on fishery statistics. There is no methodological manual.

The methodology applied in Estonia is described in quality reports submitted to Eurostat.

10.7. Quality documentation

Quality report submitted to Eurostat in accordance with data submission under Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council

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

Ministry of Rural Affairs

Estonian Fish and Crayfish Farmers Association

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

The data are complete and correspond to the data composition requirements of the EU regulation on aquaculture statistics.

13. Accuracy and reliability
13.1. Overall accuracy

The accuracy of source data might vary, it is checked by comparing data of previous periods.

The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness.

13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable

13.3. Non-sampling error

Not measured

14. Timeliness and punctuality
14.1. Timeliness

The data are published 145 days after the end of the reference year (T + 145).

14.2. Punctuality

The data have been published at the time announced in the release calendar.

15. Coherence and comparability
15.1. Comparability - geographical

The use of an internationally harmonized methodology, based on the European Union Regulation on aquaculture, allows for cross-country comparisons of published data.

15.2. Comparability - over time

The data are comparable over time. The methodology and basic principles, definitions and classifications have remained the same over time.

15.3. Coherence - cross domain

Not available

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: 47

Average time of filling in the reports, hours per report:

Kala- ja vähikasvatus 0,8

(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

There are no planned revisions. The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available.

18. Statistical processing
18.1. Source data

SURVEY DATA

The total population is 63 objects. Total survey has been used, which means that all enterprises whose main or secondary activity is aquaculture are included in the total population of the survey.

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

Not used

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Not used

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.

Data are collected with the official statistics annual questionnaire “Fish and crayfish farming” by surveying all fish farms.

18.4. Data validation

The input data are checked and, if necessary, corrected according to specified rules, and the compliance of calculated statistics with the quality requirements is checked as well: comparisons are made with previous periods, internal coherence, the coverage of the population and the response rate are checked.

18.5. Data compilation

In the case of missing or unreliable data, missing values are imputed according to set rules. Missing variables are imputed using previous period data of the same unit.

Variables and statistical units which were not collected but which are necessary for producing output are calculated. New variables are calculated by applying arithmetic conversion to already existing variables. This may be done repeatedly; the derived variable may, in turn, be based on previously derived variables.

Microdata are aggregated to the level necessary for analysis. This includes summation of data according to the classification and calculating various statistical measures.

The collected data are converted into statistical output. This includes calculating additional variables.

18.6. Adjustment

Not applicable

19. Comments

Not available

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