Statistical processing
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The administrative register for fishing vessels have records of all vessels with permission to commercial fishery. Data are reported from owners of vessels on the form from the Fisheries Agency. Data are checked for inconsistencies.
Source data
Data are from the register for fishing vessels operated by the Danish Fisheries Agency.
Frequency of data collection
Data collection is a running process but is gathered to an annual statistic.
Data collection
Owners of fishing vessels are obliged to report changes on a form to the Danish Fisheries Agency. The form can be found here (in Danish)
Data validation
Registration forms received by The Danish Fisheries Agency are checked for errors.
Data compilation
Data are collected from owners of fishing vessels. Irregularities are investigated. If errors are found then data has to be resubmitted.
Adjustment
Not relevant.