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| Statistics on Danish Aquaculture |
| Number of active aquaculture farms and productionunits grouped on technology of production, 2010 |
| Tecnology of production | Active farms | Number of production units | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponds | Canals | Tanks/basins | Cages | Robes* | On bottom* | Other | ||
| Freshwater farms | 191 | 3.589 | 329 | 2.673 | . | . | . | 20 |
| Model type I | 8 | 72 | 47 | 133 | . | . | . | . |
| Model type III | 11 | . | 132 | 121 | . | . | . | 8 |
| Farms at sea | 18 | 33 | 1 | . | 244 | . | . | . |
| Recirculated farms | 48 | 201 | 326 | 1.291 | . | . | . | 150 |
| Land based seawater farms | 7 | 8 | 26 | 220 | . | . | . | . |
| Mussel farms | 49 | . | . | . | . | 1.485 | 2 | 493 |
| Other technology | 5 | 125 | 12 | 152 | . | 20 | . | 4 |
| Total | 337 | 4.028 | 873 | 4.590 | 244 | 1.505 | 2 | 675 |
| Note: * Used for mollusc production |
| Note: No production units have been reported in 1 % of the reports |
| Source: The Danish AgriFish Agency Aquaculture register, November 3, 2011. |
| Statistic from last year: |
| 2009 |