Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2023
This report is based on the returns of an annual survey questionnaire sent to all active authorised fish farming businesses in Scotland during 2023. Statistics on employment, production and value are presented.
Supplementary Tables
The following supplementary tables are available for download alongside this publication in Excel format
- Table 1a: Rainbow trout - Annual production (tonnes) of rainbow trout between 1979 and 2023.
- Table 1b: Rainbow trout – Annual production (tonnes) of rainbow trout for the table trade between 19089 and 2023, according to weight category.
- Table 1c: Rainbow trout – Annual production (tonnes) of rainbow trout for the restocking trade between 1980 and 2023 according to weight category.
- Table 2: Rainbow trout - Number of sites grouped by tonnage produced between 1992-2023.
- Table 3: Rainbow trout – Number of sites by production tonnages and main methods of production between 1994 and 2023.
- Table 4: Rainbow trout - Number of companies and sites in production between 1981 and 2023.
- Table 5: Rainbow trout - Number of staff employed (by gender) and productivity per person between 1979-2023.
- Table 6: Rainbow trout – Production and staffing by area between 1997 and 2023.
- Table 7: Rainbow trout - Number and proportions (%) of eyed ova types laid down to hatch between 1992 and 2023.
- Table 8: Rainbow trout - Number and sources of eyed ova laid down to hatch between 1984 and 2023.
- Table 9a: Rainbow trout - Number and sources of ova imported into Scotland from outwith GB between 1994 and 2023.
- Table 9b: Rainbow trout - Seasonal variation in numbers and sources of ova imported into Scotland from outwith GB between 1994 and 2023.
- Table 9c: Rainbow trout - Number and sources of fish imported into Scotland from outwith GB between 2006 and 2023.
- Table 10: Rainbow trout - Number of fry and fingerlings traded between 1992 and 2023.
- Table 11: Rainbow trout - Number of sites rearing fish vaccinated against enteric redmouth disease (ERM) and number of fish vaccinated between 1986 and 2023.
- Table 12: Smolts - Number of companies and sites in production between 1979-2023.
- Table 13: Smolts - Number of smolts produced, staff employed and smolt productivity between 1979 and 2023.
- Table 14: Smolts - Number of smolts produced by type between 1993 and 2023.
- Table 15: Smolts - Number and capacity of production systems between 1984 and 2023.
- Table 16: Smolts - Number of smolts produced and stocking densities by production system between 1988 and 2023.
- Table 17: Smolt - Number of salmon ova produced between 1982 and 2023.
- Table 18: Smolts - Source, number, previous year’s estimate of ova laid down to hatch between 1984 and 2023 and projected production for 2024.
- Table 19: Smolts - Actual and projected smolt production and smolts put to sea (millions) between 1987 and 2023.
- Table 20: Smolts - Smolt-producing sites grouped by numbers of smolts produced during 1987 and 2023.
- Table 21: Smolts - Staffing, ova laid down to hatch, smolt production and estimated production between 1990-2023 by region.
- Table 22a: Smolts - Source and number of salmon ova, fry, parr and smolts imported between 1992 and 2023 derived from health certificates.
- Table 22b: Smolts - Number of salmon ova, fry, parr and smolts exported between 1994 and 2023 derived from health certificates.
- Table 23: Smolts - Number of sites using vaccines and number of fish vaccinated between 1986 and 2023.
- Table 24: Atlantic salmon - Annual production of salmon (tonnes) between 1979 and 2023.
- Table 25: Atlantic salmon - Number, production (tonnes) of salmon harvested and mean fish weight (kg) per year class between 1985 and 2023.
- Table 26: Atlantic salmon - Number and production (tonnes) of grilse (January - August) and pre-salmon (September - December) harvested between 1985 and 2023.
- Table 27: Atlantic salmon - Percentage (by weight) of annual production by growth stage harvested between 1993 and 2023.
- Table 28: Atlantic salmon - Survival and production in smolt year classes between 1984 and 2023.
- Table 29: Atlantic salmon - Number and origin of smolts put to sea between 1982 and 2023.
- Table 30: Atlantic salmon - Number of smolts put to sea and year class survival by area between 1988 and 2023.
- Table 31: Atlantic salmon - Number of staff (by gender) employed in the production of salmon between 1979-2023.
- Table 32: Atlantic salmon - Production methods, capacity (cubic metres), tonnage and average stocking densities (kg/m3) between 1984 and 2023.
- Table 33: Atlantic salmon - Number of sites shown in relation to their production grouping between 2012 and 2023.
- Table 34: Atlantic salmon - Number of companies grouped by production (tonnes), staff and productivity (tonnes per person) between 2012 and 2023.
- Table 35: Atlantic salmon - Staff and production (tonnes) by area between 1990 and 2023 and projected production in 2024.
- Table 36: Atlantic salmon - Number of companies and sites engaged in the production of Atlantic salmon between 1988 and 2023.
- Table 37: Atlantic salmon - Number of seawater pen sites employing a fallow period between 1993 and 2023.
- Table 38: Atlantic salmon - Number of sites holding Atlantic salmon broodstock between 1986 and 2023.
- Table 39: Atlantic salmon - Organic production of Atlantic salmon between 2010 and 2023.
- Table 40: Other species - Company, site and production data for other species between 1999 and 2023.
- Table 41: Other species - Number of staff (by gender )employed in farming other species between 1999-2023.
- Table 42: Other species - Number of cleaner fish (lumpsucker and wrasse) produced between 2015 and 2023.
- Table 43: Other species - Source of ova from other species laid down to hatch between 1999 and 2023.
- Table 44: Other species - Trade in small fish of other species between 1999 and 2023.
- Table 45: Atlantic salmon - Production tonnage and value (GBP) by Scottish Marine Region between 2014 and 2023.
Contact
Email: MD.Productionsurvey@gov.scot
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