Marine Aquaculture Sites Licensed in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's licensed marine aquaculture sites, authorized under the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 and The Aquatic Animal Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009. The dataset enforces EU Council Directive 2006/88/EC concerning animal health requirements and disease control for aquaculture. It serves as an official register for regulatory compliance and spatial planning for marine farming.

Use Cases

• Regulatory compliance audits based on licensing and authorization status.
• Spatial planning for marine resource use based on site locations.
• Monitoring animal health and disease control in aquaculture operations.
• Policy analysis of aquaculture regulations and their implementation.

Strengths

• Cross-platform presence on EU and UK open data portals indicates official status and reliability.
• Licensed under the Open Government Licence (OGL-UK-3.0), permitting broad reuse.
• Data is geospatial, likely containing site coordinates or boundaries for mapping.

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing: no column names, row counts, or file sizes are provided.
• Conflicting freshness: one source lists a last updated date of 2026-04-15 (a future date), while others list none, casting doubt on currency.
• Documentation gaps: descriptions are legalistic; specific data attributes and collection methodology are not detailed.

Provenance

Source

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), Northern Ireland.

Collection Method

Administrative data collected through licensing and authorization processes.

Freshness

2026-04-15 14:20:57.186005

Geography

Northern Ireland, marine waters.