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 authorities and aquaculture regulators (e.g. Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, EU Fleet Register, NOAA/NMFS permit… | Per vessel / per licence / per site, updated as issued | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistics offices and labour inspectorates, seafarer/crew certification registers, sector wage agreements | Annual/quarterly aggregate by NACE class and region; per crew certificate | public |
| financial filings | National company registers (Brønnøysund, Companies House, business registries), listed service groups' annual reports | Annual per legal entity | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Maritime safety authorities and accident investigation boards, P&I clubs and aquaculture insurers, escape-incident registers at fisheries… | Per incident report | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | National meteorological and oceanographic institutes, aquaculture service operators logging weather windows/downtime | Hourly per coastal grid point / per site; operational downtime per job | public |
| waste & emissions | Environmental agencies (discharge permits and reporting for treatment of transport water, delousing chemicals), operators' sustainability… | Per site/vessel annual reported quantities; per treatment event | public |
| production output | Fisheries directorates and statistics agencies (landings and aquaculture production statistics used as demand proxy for support services)… | Monthly per region/species | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Fish health service companies and veterinary labs (Pharmaq Analytiq, Patogen, Åkerblå), national food safety/veterinary authorities… | Per sample / per site per inspection; sea-lice counts weekly per site | public |
| pricing | Wellboat and service-vessel brokers, industry analysts (Kontali, Rabobank seafood research), harbour tariff schedules published by fishing… | Per charter day rate; published tariff per service line | purchasable |
| geospatial/movement | AIS/VMS data providers (Spire, exactEarth/Kpler, Global Fishing Watch), coastguards and fisheries monitoring centres, wellboat and… | Per vessel position ping (minutes), aggregated to voyage/port call | purchasable |
| sensor/IoT | Aquaculture technology vendors (AKVA group, Steinsvik/ScaleAQ, Innovasea) and their farm-service clients; sensor data from cages serviced… | Per cage/sensor, sub-hourly time series | partnership |
| energy consumption | Service-vessel operators and fuel suppliers; bunkering records; ports offering shore power | Per vessel per voyage fuel use; monthly per site | partnership |
| logistics & freight movement | Wellboat and live-fish transport operators, port and harbour authorities logging calls, smolt transport hauliers | Per voyage/shipment with volumes and origin–destination | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Net-washing, mooring-inspection and diving service firms; net and mooring certification bodies (NS 9415 accredited inspectors); wellboat… | Per asset per inspection/service job | partnership |
| transactional/sales | Service providers themselves (wellboat charters, net washing, diving, gear repair, port services), fishing port authorities billing… | Per job / per charter contract / per port call invoice | exclusive |
| inventory & supply chain | Fishing gear and aquaculture equipment distributors, net lofts, feed logistics providers | Per SKU per warehouse, weekly/monthly | exclusive |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Wellboat and service-vessel operators and their scheduling platforms; harbour berth booking systems at fishing ports | Per vessel per day utilisation; per berth booking | exclusive |
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.