Fish Landings
The statistics on fish landings are compiled from administrative data obtained from the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA). Data on fish landings are important for environmental, social and economic purposes. The data provide insights into: trends in catches of total fish biomass, the volume of different species landed, and the economic value of fish landings.
Access by the CSO to the fish landings data is underpinned and provided for by Section 30 of the Statistics Act 1993 - ‘Use of Records of Public Authorities for Statistical Purposes’. This provides for cooperation by public authorities with the work of the CSO in granting access to administrative records held by them.
The exercise by the Office of its powers under Section 30 of the Act is undertaken in the context of its legally designated functions, which are set out at Section 10 of the 1993 Act, as iterated above.
The legal basis for processing is underpinned by Article 6(1)(e) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Article 6(1)(e) relates to processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
In the present use case, the processing is undertaken in the context of producing official statistics for Ireland regarding the enhanced data cooperation between the CSO and SFPA with a view to utilising the statistical potential of data in various public administration systems to inform policy. This will contribute to enhanced statistical outputs by the Office and to a reduction in the response burdens arising from CSO surveys– deriving from the functions set out under Section 10 of the Statistics Act, 1993 Act.
Processing of SFPA data is also permitted under Sections 38(1)(a), and 42(1)(c) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
Our results are only ever made available to the public in aggregate form, and we make sure that it is impossible for individuals or businesses to be identified. National and international users of fishery statistics include the government, the media, and the public.
Yes. All information supplied to the CSO is treated as strictly confidential. The Statistics Act 1993 sets stringent confidentiality standards: information collected may be used only for statistical purposes and no details that might be related to an identifiable person or business undertaking may be divulged to any other government department or body. The data will be retained as we need a long time series to understand trends in environment statistics.
Data source is the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority. Data categories include:
1. Vessel details
2. Landing year and month
3. Landing location
4. Species
5. Tonnage
6. Value
Linh Nolan, Environment Division, Central Statistics Office, Ardee Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6 D06 FX52.
Tel +353 (1) 4984044 E-mail: environment@cso.ie
Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights:
However, because your data is processed for statistical purposes these rights may be limited in accordance with Article 89 of the GDPR. This is due to the fact that the exercise of any of these rights may render impossible, or seriously impair, the achievement of the statistical processing and such restriction maybe necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.