Statistics on Aquaculture in Denmark, 2018
Production grouped on usage, size and type of production

Usage / Size code* Technology of production Tot. quant.** Tot. value***
Freshwater farms
 Model type I
Model type III
Farms at sea
Recirculated farms
 Land based seawater
farms		 Mussel farms
Other technology
Quantity** Quantity** Quantity** Quantity** Quantity** Quantity** Quantity** Quantity**
To another aquaculture farm 1 2,893 33 419 . . . 242 . 3,586 81,867
2 790 71 314 . 604 . . 1 1,781 61,451
3 42,890 . 2,350 . 1,013 . . . 46,253 3,408
Live export 1 3,783 699 510 . 115 . 1,253 0 6,360 137,840
2 253 . . . 290 . . . 543 18,875
3 97,656 . . . 707 . . . 98,363 9,951
To danish sea farm 1 325 1,349 . . . . . . 1,673 41,663
2 1,420 . 456 . 412 99 . . 2,387 62,498
Internal transfer 1 408 324 601 . . . . . 1,334 26,411
2 37 123 426 . 22 . . . 606 17,371
3 15,141,315 4,000 500 . 14,471 . . . 15,160,286 13,372
Consumption 1 2,059 1,907 5,898 9,662 1,949 . 1,613 . 23,088 587,801
2 507 . 90 999 2,180 . . . 3,776 92,477
9 17 . . 547 0 . . . 564 78,686
Released to nature 1 2 . . . 1 . . . 3 213
2 16 . . . 58 0 256 . 330 13,457
3 . . . . 1,200 . . . 1,200 ...
Angling/Put and take 1 823 80 23 . 3 . . . 930 28,547
2 7 . . . 2 . . . 8 ...
Dead/discarded/escaped 1 566 153 825 870 70 7 71 9 2,572 .
2 248 3 59 . 144 . 1 0 454 .
3 1,525 . . . 54 . . . 1,579 .
Other 1 0 . . . . . 424 12 436 118
2 . . . . 9 . 1,227 . 1,236 ...

* Size code: 1=larger fish and other, 2=juveniles, 3=live eggs, 9=roe/caviar.
** Quantity: Live eggs (3) is in 1000 pcs., the rest is in tonnes
*** Value: is in 1,000 DKK.
Note: '...' means that information is excluded due to rules of statistical dicretion
Note: 0 means less than 0.5 of the digit shown
Note: In 6 % of the reports included in this table a reported weight occurs without a value. This most often appear in intenal transfer and realease to nature. Dead/discarded/escaped are always reported without value and is not included in calculating the 6 % .
Source: The Danish Fishery Agency's Aquaculture register, December 2, 2019.
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Production on usage, size and type of production, 2017