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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLV.

ZAGREB, 17 JUNE, 2008

NUMBER: 1.4.2.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

FRESHWATER FISHING, 2007

 

In 2007 As compared to the year 2006, the production of consumer fish in carp fishponds decreased by 26%, while in trout fishponds it increased by 9%.

 

Out of the total fish production, 34% of it refers to carp and 46% to trout.

 

1.   FISHPONDS AREA IN EXPLOITATION

 

Area

Indices
2007.
2006.

2006.

2007.

 

 

 

 

Carp fishponds, ha

6 229

6 036

97

 

 

 

 

Trout fishponds, m2

58 674

57 803

99

 

 

2.   PRODUCTION OF MILT

 

Production, t

Indices
2007.
2006.

2006.

2007.

2007.

One-year old milt

Two-year old milt

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

1 480

1 613

492

1 121

109

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carp

1 062

1 241

331

910

117

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other fish

418

372

161

211

89

 

3.   PRODUCTION OF CONSUMER FISH, 2007

 

Production, t

Indices
2007.
2006.

Total

In carp
fishponds

In trout
fishponds

Production

Total

In carp
fishponds

In trout
fishponds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

4 395

2 364

2 031

87

74

109

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carp

1 503

1 503

-

65

65

-

Perch

16

16

-

123

123

-

Sheat-fish

19

19

-

90

90

-

Amur

257

257

-

66

66

-

Trout

2 031

-

2 031

109

-

109

Other fish

569

569

-

121

121

-

 

 

4.   QUANTITY OF FOOD CONSUMED

 

In carp and trout fishponds

Indices
2007.
2006.

2006.

2007.

In carp and trout fishponds

 

 

 

 

 

Total

13 525

12 857

95

 

 

5.   QUANTITY OF FERTILISERS CONSUMED, 2007

 

In carp fishponds, t

Indices
2007.
2006.

 

 

 

Total

1 750

87

 

 

 

Lime

1 313

75

Mineral fertilisers

81

147

Organic fertilisers

356

179

 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

 

Source and collecting methods

 

Data on freshwater fish and milt production have been collected separately for legal entities with their parts and for independent fishermen. This survey collects data on surface areas of carp and trout fishponds, production of one-year old and two-year old milt, production of consumer fish, quantities of consumed food and fertilisers.

 

 

Coverage and comparability

 

Reporting units, for which the annual report on freshwater fishing is being submitted, are legal entities and parts of legal entities (taken from the Register of Business Entities) as well as independent fishermen, classified into the NKD 2002. section B (subclasses: 05.01.2 and 05.02.2) or into another activity, who are engaged in economic freshwater fishing or breeding of freshwater fish and milt.

 

Coverage for legal entities and their parts is full. Since 1999, independent fishermen engaged in economic freshwater fishing or breeding of freshwater fish have also been included.

 

 

Definitions

 

Exploited fishpond area (area under fish production) in the course of the reference year is considered to be a useful water area in the previous year. It is almost always either smaller than the total useful water area or equal to it, taking into account that not all of fishing facilities for fish production are used during a year.

 

Produced fish catches are considered to be quantities sold on the market. The weight (increment) realised in the reference year that was not sold on the market but moved to the winter fishpond is excluded.

 

Economic fishing is an activity of catch and production of freshwater fish and milt for money-making purposes.

 

 

Abbreviations

 

ha               hectare

m2                       square meter

NKD 2002. National Classification of Activities, 2002 version

t                  tonne

 

 

Symbols

 

-  no occurrence