Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2023

This report is based on the returns of an annual survey questionnaire sent to all active authorised shellfish farming businesses in Scotland. Statistics on employment, production and value of shellfish from Scottish shellfish farms are presented.


Data and Methodology

How to access the data

The data can be accessed via the supplementary tables: Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2023, Supplementary Tables

Also for an interactive visual tool, the data can be accessed via a Shiny App:

Data Visualisation App: Scottish Aquaculture Production Survey Shiny

How the data was collected

The data for this report have been collected via a questionnaire sent out to all authorised active shellfish businesses (Supplementary Questionnaire Documentation).

Quality Assurance

Reported data are verified against a series of checks. Where necessary, the data are referred back to the person completing the questionnaire for clarification. The information published, however, is the summation of the reported data. Return rates of survey forms is 100%.

Contact

Email: MD.Productionsurvey@gov.scot

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