Commercial marine fishery

Compiler:  Natural Resources Institute Finland
Statistics home page: http://stat.luke.fi/en/commercial-marine-fishery
Main topic: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Yes
European Statistical System (ESS):Yes

Description

Commercial marine fishery statistics comprise information on the number of Finnish commercial marine fishermen, the volume and value of the catch and the distribution of the catch and fishing effort.

Content

The catch by commercial marine fishermen is provided per species, by month, by region and by fishing method. The data is based on periodic catch declarations by commercial fishermen.

Categories

The fishermen declare the catch per grid area formed on the basis of map coordinates, the size of which is approximately 55 km x 55 km. In the statistics, the volume and distribution of catch are given according to the regions used by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).

Data collection and sources

All commercial marine fishermen have an obligation to provide catch declarations. They submit the declaration using a paper or electronic form. This information is collected into a database maintained by the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment and the Provincial Government of Åland.

Update frequency

The statistics are published annually.

Preparation and publication schedule

An initial estimate on the catch for the previous year is published in January, and the final estimate between May and June.

Time series

Information is available since the 1980s.