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Livestock operations. By species. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Livestock operations. By species. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Operations
Bovine Ovine Caprine Swine Total
2014 6,411 3,426 2,855 5,916 18,608
2013 6,407 3,374 2,845 5,923 18,549
2012 6,579 3,333 2,804 5,983 18,699
2011 6,772 3,314 2,760 6,210 19,056
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment.
Notes:
The official brand is considered a livestock operation.
Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.
Livestock operations. By species. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Places
Bovine Ovine Caprine Swine Total
2014 981,955 1,338,716 216,127 8,031,222 10,568,020
2013 980,622 1,353,286 217,815 7,843,503 10,395,226
2012 994,416 1,392,901 223,393 7,770,794 10,381,504
2011 1,015,440 1,423,996 222,092 7,831,406 10,492,934
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment.
Notes:
Data corresponds to the capacity (places) of operations, not to head of livestock.
Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.

Last update: July 28, 2015.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Livestock operation
The entirety of the animals, equipment or buildings and other assets and rights that are commercialised by their owner for livestock production, primarily for market purposes, which is located on an estate or contiguous group of estates operated by a single owner. Livestock operation that is divided by pathways or other roads open to traffic is still considered as such.
Livestock
Includes animals on the operation, plus transhumant livestock and livestock as part of an integration or contract scheme i.e. that implies dependence on supplies and sales.

Methodological aspects

Livestock operations must be registered in the Register of Livestock Operations handled by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Environment. It is obligatory for all livestock operations located in Catalonia to be included in this administrative record. This register contains data related to the activity or activities carried out as part of the operation, as well as data on capacity categorised by species. Inclusion on the register is a prerequisite for the start of any livestock activity, for issuing documents related to the operation and for obtaining grants. The time reference is 1st March of the reference year.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Environment has promoted the SIR management program (Catalan Livestock Information System), which is a means of electronic communication between the various livestock sectors, allowing them to manage their operations directly, streamlining the procedures related to animal movement and identification, and the operation's registration. "This digital management means a substantial saving in time and journeys to the different branches of the Ministry, especially in those rural areas where operations are often harder to reach and isolated, while at the same time offering information on currently active operations.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".