Fish catch and aquaculture
1. Contact
Responsible agency
Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia
Unit
Environment Statistics Methodology Section
Contact person
Lolita Lazda-Lazdiņa
Position
Senior expert
Email (agency)
Phone
2. Statistical presentation
Data description
Fishery statistics gives insight into catches by fishing ground, production of hatcheries and nurseries, and sale of fish and crustaceans in aquaculture.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Statistical unit
Economically active merchant engaged in fishing or aquaculture.
Statistical population
Economically active merchants engaged in fishing or aquaculture.
3. Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
N/A
4. Accessibility and clarity
On-line database
5. Comparability
Comparability - geographical
EU-27 data are published in Eurostat website in section Fishery.
Length of comparable time series
- Comparable data on fishery are available since 2000.
- Comparable data on aquaculture are available since 2010.
6. Coherence
Coherence- cross domain
N/A
7. Statistical processing (data source etc.)
Source data
Data are collected using fallowing sources:
- CSB statistical report forms:
- annual – 1-aquaculture "Survey on aquaculture";
- quarterly – 1-fishery "Survey on fishery";
- data of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia, Fishery Department;
- data of the Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment.
Data collection
N/A
Data compilation
N/A