Statistics on Aquaculture in Denmark, 2020
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 1 841 68 492 . 122 . 1,165 . 2,689 36,675
2 1,203 40 424 . 376 . 345 . 2,388 67,238
3 261,860 . . . 14,566 . . . 276,426 21,562
Live export 1 4,328 806 498 . 193 . 1,101 . 6,927 158,059
2 705 . 787 . 923 . . . 2,415 65,348
3 27,759 . . . 210 . . . 27,969 3,550
To danish sea farm 1 369 1,276 . . . . . . 1,644 41,501
2 1,103 . 377 . 559 16 . . 2,055 56,586
Internal transfer 1 219 298 . . 2 . 0 . 518 9,452
2 319 . 968 . 82 . 5 . 1,374 34,647
3 14,515 . 2,270 . 626 . . . 17,411 1,630
Consumption 1 1,859 1,935 6,562 10,203 3,240 . 4,830 22 28,650 662,340
2 367 5 1,351 . 1,439 . . . 3,163 70,358
9 12 . . 365 0 . . . 377 53,401
Released to nature 1 5 . . . 0 . . . 5 265
2 20 . . . 52 0 . . 72 13,837
Angling/Put and take 1 852 142 12 . 3 . . . 1,009 30,820
2 17 . . . 0 . . . 17 ...
Dead/discarded/escaped 1 446 47 341 588 216 3 148 . 1,789 .
2 299 21 299 . 200 . 11 . 830 .
3 4,143 . . . 90 . . . 4,233 .
Other 1 0 . . . . . 385 . 385 ...
2 . . . . 2 . . . 2 ...

* 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 7 % 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 7 % .
Source: The Danish Fishery Agency's Aquaculture register, October 13, 2021.
Similar statistic from last year:
Production on usage, size and type of production, 2019