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| Statistics on Aquaculture in Denmark |
| Number of active aquaculture farms and productionunits grouped on technology of production, 2011 |
| Tecnology of production | Active farms | Number of production units | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponds | Canals | Tanks/basins | Cages | Robes* | On bottom* | Other | ||
| Freshwater farms | 169 | 3.147 | 294 | 2.703 | . | . | . | 26 |
| Model type I | 12 | 127 | 61 | 209 | . | . | . | . |
| Model type III | 13 | . | 144 | 173 | . | . | . | 8 |
| Farms at sea | 19 | 33 | 1 | . | 257 | . | . | . |
| Recirculated farms | 43 | 134 | 308 | 1.103 | . | . | . | 271 |
| Land based seawater farms | 4 | 7 | 5 | 210 | . | . | . | 12 |
| Mussel farms | 45 | . | . | . | . | 995 | 4 | 405 |
| Other technology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 41 |
| Total | 306 | 3.448 | 813 | 4.398 | 257 | 995 | 4 | 763 |
| Note: * Used for mollusc production |
| Note: No production units have been reported in 2 % of the reports |
| Source: The Danish AgriFish Agency Aquaculture register, October 29, 2012. |
| Statistic from last year: |
| 2010 |