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Food Industries, Business StatisticsMichael Brogaard
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The statistics is used by the fish farmers and their organization, Danish Aquaculture, as well as authorities and legislators. The statistics is used in economic models and as a basis for yearly economic statistical reports for aquaculture to EU (DG Mare).
User Needs
Danish and European authorities, including particularly the The Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark and the European Commission's Directorate-General of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. in addition researchers and national and international students, organizations in aquaculture and enterprises broadly related to the sectors, e.g. credit grantors.
User Satisfaction
The statistics is monitored by both a contact comity and a working group containing representatives for the sector, researchers from University of Copenhagen as well as civil servants from several ministries.
Data completeness rate
The statistics contains as well land as sea based aquaculture farms. Main figures are published for all commercial farm types but for types with only a few farms detailed figures can not be published.