Aquaculture Disease Management Areas for Salmon Farms

Management Areas for aquaculture were established based on tidal excursions around active salmon farms to control Infectious Salmon Anaemia. The areas are defined to synchronize fallowing and stocking strategies within zones to limit disease spread. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service and originates from a 2000 joint government-industry working group report.

Use Cases

• Modeling disease spread risk based on farm proximity and overlapping tidal excursions.
• Planning synchronized fallowing schedules within a management area.
• Assessing the risk of new farm sites that may bridge existing management areas.
• Creating 'fire break' zones by strategically not restocking certain sites.

Strengths

• Based on a defined methodology using tidal excursions around active farms.
• Provides a regulatory framework for synchronized disease management strategies.
• Managed by an official Fish Health Inspectorate for updates.

Limitations

• Row count and specific data format are unknown.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, based on the Final Report of the Joint Government/Industry Working Group on Infectious Salmon Anaemia (January 2000).

Collection Method

Defined based on tidal excursion calculations around active farms.

Time Range

Established in 2000, with ongoing updates.

Freshness

Update frequency is triggered by changes in site use, but last update is unknown.

Geography

Likely covers aquaculture regions relevant to the regulating authority (specific geography not stated).