FOI reference: FOI-2025-2585
You asked
I request the following information regarding the economic contribution of the UK salmon farming industry:
- For the period 2019-2023, please provide:
- The official Gross Value Added (GVA) figures for the salmon farming sector
- Employment statistics for the sector, including direct and indirect employment
- The methodology used to calculate these figures
- Any regional breakdowns available, particularly for Scotland
- Please provide details of:
- How the salmon farming industry is classified within national accounts
- What economic activities are included/excluded from these calculations
- The multipliers used to calculate indirect economic effects
- Any changes in calculation methods during this period
- Please share:
- Any specific analyses or reports produced about the economic contribution of aquaculture
- The data sources used for these calculations
- Any quality assessments of the data
- Any limitations or caveats in the methodology
- Please provide:
- Any comparisons with other sectors of similar size
- Any analysis of the sector's contribution to regional economies
- Any assessments of the reliability of the data
- Any supplementary data collections specific to this sector
We said
Thank you for your request.
Economic activity on the salmon farming industry in the UK and regions, is classified in UK Standard Industry Classification (SIC 2007) industry "03 Fishing and aquaculture".
Unfortunately, ONS do not compile economic statistics below this industry level as we do not collect this information. Therefore this is information not held. UK and regional economic statistics are compiled using the international guidance in the UN System of National Accounts 2008.
The following datasets include statistics of the activity of industry 03 Fishing and aquaculture:
The annual national accounts Blue Book presents UK GVA by industry
Supply and Use tables, which include the products supplied by this industry and the intermediate and final uses of the classification of products by activity (CPA2008) A03 Fish and other fishing products; aquaculture products; support services to fishing.
UK input‐output analytical tables: industry by industry include industry by industry and further analysis tables derived from the annual Supply and Use Tables (SUTs)
UK input-output analytical tables: product by product include product by industry, product by product and further analysis tables derived from the annual Supply and Use Tables (SUTs)
Employment multipliers and effects in the UK include estimates of full-time equivalent (FTE) employment per £m, type 1 FTE employment effects, and type 1 FTE employment multipliers across industries.
Environmental Accounts include estimates of Energy use: fossil fuels by fuel type and industry and Atmospheric emissions: greenhouse gases by industry and gas
Data for aquaculture activity in Scotland are also available in Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics produced by Scottish Government.