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CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS
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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLVI.

ZAGREB, 16 JUNE, 2009

NUMBER: 1.4.2.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

FRESHWATER FISHING, 2008

 

In 2008, as compared to 2007, the production of consumer fish in carp fishponds increased by 2% and in trout fishponds by 1%.

 

Out of the total fish production, 35% of it refers to carp and 46% to trout.

 

1.   FISHPONDS AREA IN EXPLOITATION

 

Area

Indices
2008.
2007.

2007.

2008.

 

 

 

 

Carp fishponds, ha

6 036

7 607

126

 

 

 

 

Trout fishponds, m2

57 803

57 968

100

 

 

2.   PRODUCTION OF MILT

 

Production, t

Indices
2008.
2007.

2007.

2008.

2008.

One-year old milt

Two-year old milt

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

1 613

1 879

569

1 310

116

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carp

1 241

1 487

457

1 030

120

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other fish

372

392

112

280

105

 

 

3.   PRODUCTION OF CONSUMER FISH, 2008

 

Production, t

Indices
2008.
2007.

Total

In carp
fishponds

In trout
fishponds

Production

Total

In carp
fishponds

In trout
fishponds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

4 458

2 400

2 058

101

102

101

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carp

1 546

1 546

-

103

103

-

Sheat-fish

23

23

-

121

121

-

Amur

156

156

-

61

61

-

Carp (silver and bighead)

610

610

-

118

118

-

Trout

2 058

-

2 058

101

-

101

Other fish

65

65

-

97

97

-

 

 

4.   QUANTITY OF FOOD CONSUMED

 

In carp and trout fishponds

Indices
2008.
2007.

2007.

2008.

In carp and trout fishponds

 

 

 

 

 

Total

12 857

12 509

97

 

 

5.   QUANTITY OF FERTILISERS CONSUMED, 2008

 

In carp fishponds, t

Indices
2008.
2007.

 

 

 

Total

2 234

128

 

 

 

Lime

1 735

132

Mineral fertilisers

84

104

Organic fertilisers

415

117

 


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 submitted are legal entities and parts thereof (taken over from the Register of Business Entities) as well as independent fishermen classified either into the NKD 2002. section B (subclasses 05.01.2 and 05.02.2) or into another activity, but are engaged in economic freshwater fishing or breeding of freshwater fish and milt.

 

Coverage for legal entities and parts thereof 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 productive water area used in the previous year. It is almost always either smaller than the total productive water area or equals 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 making a profit.

 

Abbreviations

 

ha                hectare

m2                         square meter

NKD 2002.   National Classification of Activities, 2002 version

t                    tonne

 

Symbols

 

-  no occurrence