Marine and freshwater aquaculture sites (finfish, shellfish and fishery) - active, inactive, and deregistered

What is it: 

Locations of registered active and inactive marine finfish and shellfish farming sites. As equipment may be moved for farm management purposes, all of these sites may be not occupied by cages etc. at the same time.

Updated graphs to show aquaculture production (tonnage and value) (as found in Scotland’s Marine Atlas) can be accessed in the ‘Data Sources’ tab at the bottom of the page.

MS Maps NMPi presents 5 layers:

  1. Aquaculture - Active aquaculture sites (dated)
  2. Aquaculture - Active finfish sites (dated)
  3. Aquaculture - Active shellfish sites (dated)
  4. Aquaculture - Active fishery sites (dated)
  5. Aquaculture - Inactive and deregistered sites (dated)

The status of sites on MS Maps NMPi is updated weekly and may differ from status shown on Scotland’s Aquaculture web site which is updated on an annual basis.

Links to Scotland's Marine Atlas: 
Chapter 5: Aquaculture
Data originators: 
Scottish Government (Marine Directorate)
This information page is part of the theme: 
Aquaculture
Fish farm - Copyright © Marine Scotland
More Information: 

Active: is the status of a site that is stocked or fallow with the intention of restocking in the foreseeable future.

Inactive: is the status of a site that is unlikely to be stocked in the foreseeable future.

Deregistered: is the status applied to a site that is no longer used for the purpose of fish or shellfish production; the lease has been surrendered.

Active fishery site: pond or other installation where farmed fish are stocked for recreational fishing (either private or commercial).

A glossary of the terms and a list of abbreviations used in MS Maps NMPi Aquaculture datasets can be accessed from the ‘Additional Information’ tab at the bottom of the page.

Scotland's Aquaculture Website has been developed in partnership by Marine Scotland, The Crown Estate, Food Standards Scotland and SEPA to provide access to a range of information about aquaculture in Scotland.

This page was last modified on : 
Monday, October 25, 2021 - 14:23

Links and Resources

Map Type Click title for metadata and licence informationsort descending Date of data View Map
Map Layers (NMPi) Aquaculture - Active finfish sites (05.11.2024) 2024-11-05 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) Aquaculture - Active fishery sites (05.11.2024) 2024-11-05 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) Aquaculture - Active marine aquaculture sites (05.11.2024) 2024-11-05 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) Aquaculture - Active shellfish sites (05.11.2024) 2024-11-05 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) Aquaculture - Inactive and deregistered sites (05.11.2024) 2024-11-05 Access this map on NMPi
Type Link Titlesort descending External Link
Data Portals Scotland's Aquaculture Website aquaculture.scotland.gov.uk
Datasets, Documents Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2019 (with Scottish Marine Regions in Appendix 3) www.gov.scot
Datasets, Documents Scottish Shell Fish Farm Production Survey 2019 (with Scottish Marine Regions in Appendix 2) www.gov.scot
Marine Scotland Data Portal, Datasets Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey Data data.marine.gov.scot
Type Title External link
Documents List of terms and abbreviations used in Marine Scotland Maps Aquaculture datasets
Web link Marine Scotland - Aquaculture www.gov.scot