Aquaculture plays a vital role in global food security, supplying an increasing share of the world’s seafood. As wild fish stocks remain overexploited, it has the potential to provide a more sustainable means of meeting growing demand for high-protein food. However, aquaculture also presents environmental challenges, including water pollution, habitat degradation and the overuse of antibiotics. In addition, the sector is exposed to physical climate risks such as rising sea temperatures, ocean acidification and extreme weather events, which can affect the health of farmed species and disrupt production cycles.

To support the assessment of environmental risks and impacts in the sector, we have created a global database of marine aquaculture facilities, starting with salmonids species.

The Spatial Finance Initiative Global Salmonids Aquaculture Facilities Database provides information on marine aquaculture facilities that produce salmonid species in the grow out stage. The database contains 3,479 facilities with information about location, species, production type, capacity and ownership where available.

This information was manually collected, validated and enriched by combining information from various public license registers, corporate and country specific web and map sources. This is our first version of a global database for the aquaculture sector. Please inform us about any errors, omissions or other feedback through the contact form below.

The Spatial Finance Initiative Global Salmonids Aquaculture Facilities Database can be used by others and is available under a CC BY 4.0 license. The suggested citation is: Easton-Calabria, L., Christiaen, C., & Caldecott, B. (2026). Spatial Finance Initiative – Global Salmonids Aquaculture Facilities Database (January 2026) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19372107