What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| registry/licensing/permits | National fisheries/aquaculture regulators (e.g. Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries Akvakulturregisteret, Scottish EPA/Marine Directorate… | Per licence/site, with coordinates, species, permitted biomass (MAB), owner | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistics offices and labour registers, industry associations (Sjømat Norge, Salmon Scotland), company annual reports | Annual FTEs by region/company; per-establishment in business registers | public |
| financial filings | Listed producers (Mowi, SalMar, Lerøy, Bakkafrost, Grieg Seafood) via stock exchanges; national company registers (Brønnøysund, Companies… | Quarterly/annual per entity, often with segment cost-per-kg reporting | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Regulators recording escapes and mass mortality events (Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries escape register, Scottish mortality reporting)… | Per incident per site; monthly mortality by site/cage; per claim for insurers | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | National meteorological and oceanographic institutes (Met Office, MET Norway, IMR, Copernicus Marine), harmful algal bloom and sea-lice… | Hourly/daily gridded sea temperature, waves, currents, chlorophyll; per-site… | public |
| waste & emissions | Environmental regulators (SEPA in Scotland, Norwegian county governors, EPA), operators' benthic (MOM-B) surveys, ASC audit reports… | Per site per survey/annual: nutrient discharge, benthic condition… | public |
| production output | Operators; national statistics agencies and regulators (Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries monthly biomass statistics, Scotland's annual… | Monthly/annual per site or per company for regulators; harvest-batch and cage… | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Food safety authorities (EFSA/EU RASFF, FDA, Mattilsynet), certification bodies (ASC, BAP, GlobalG.A.P., Global Seafood Alliance)… | Per sample/batch (residues, contaminants, antibiotics), per audit per site for… | public |
| pricing | Price index publishers (Nasdaq Salmon Index, Fish Pool ASA, Akvafakta/Kontali, Urner Barry), exporter councils, auction/wholesale markets | Weekly spot price by species and size class; per-contract for forwards | purchasable |
| geospatial/movement | Regulators (site coordinate registries), satellite/EO analytics vendors mapping pens, wellboat and service-vessel AIS providers… | Per site polygon; per-vessel AIS positions at minute frequency | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | NGOs and campaign trackers, media monitoring vendors, social platforms; retailer sustainability scorecards | Per article/post; per company reputational index | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Producers (Mowi, SalMar, Cermaq, Bakkafrost), processors, seafood traders; customs authorities for export transactions | Per sales contract/shipment internally; monthly HS-code export value/volume in… | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Operators (standing biomass, smolt stocking), feed suppliers (Skretting, BioMar, Cargill EWOS), hatcheries/broodstock suppliers, freight… | Per site standing biomass monthly; per feed delivery; per smolt batch | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Farm operators and their equipment/technology vendors (AKVA group, Scale AQ, Innovasea, Steinsvik, OxyGuard); barge and feed-system… | Sub-hourly per cage/pen: oxygen, temperature, salinity, current, biomass camera… | partnership |
| energy consumption | Operators (barge diesel/shore power), utilities supplying land-based and shore-power connections, sustainability reports | Per site annual kWh/litres; monthly meter data where grid-connected | partnership |
| logistics & freight movement | Wellboat operators, refrigerated road/air freight forwarders, airlines' cargo divisions, customs export declarations | Per shipment/voyage; monthly aggregated export tonnage by route | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Operators and net/mooring service providers, certification bodies under NYTEK/NS 9415 technical standards, class societies | Per structure (cage, net, mooring) per inspection/certificate | partnership |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.