NACE 03.21: Marine aquaculture

NACE Rev. 2.1 class. Replaces NACE Rev. 2 03.21. Closest ISIC Rev. 4: 0321.

NACE Rev. 2.1 class 03.21 is "Marine aquaculture". It sits in section A (AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING), then division 03 (Fishing and aquaculture), then group 03.2 (Aquaculture). In the previous classification, NACE Rev. 2, the activity was covered by 03.21 (Marine aquaculture).

What the class includes

This class includes: - fish farming in sea water, including farming of marine ornamental fish - production of bivalve spat (e.g. oyster mussel, etc.), lobsterlings, shrimp post-larvae, fish fry and fingerlings - growing of seaweed and algae - culture of crustaceans, bivalves, other molluscs and other aquatic animals in sea water

What it excludes

This class excludes: - frog farming, see 03.22 - operation of sport fishing preserves, see 93.19

Correspondence with NACE Rev. 2

NACE Rev. 2	Label (Rev. 2)	Also maps to
03.21	Marine aquaculture	1

The label in 24 languages

bgРазвъждане и отглеждане на риба и други водни организми в солени басейни
csMořská akvakultura
daHavbrug
deMeeresaquakultur
elΘαλάσσια υδατοκαλλιέργεια
enMarine aquaculture
esAcuicultura marina
etMere-vesiviljelus
fiKalanviljely meressä
frAquaculture en mer
gaDobharshaothrú muirí
hrMorska akvakultura
huTengeri akvakultúra
itAcquacoltura marina
ltJūrinė akvakultūra
lvJūras akvakultūra
mtAkkwakultura marina
nlMariene aquacultuur
plAkwakultura w wodach morskich
ptAquicultura em águas salgadas e salobras
roAcvacultura maritimă
skMorská akvakultúra
slMorska akvakultura
svVattenbruk i saltvatten

Neighbouring classes

03.22 Freshwater aquaculture

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Official classification texts from EU Vocabularies (Publications Office of the European Union, CC BY 4.0), read on 2026-10-05. Correspondence tables link classes that cover the same activities; one old class can be split across several new ones, so check the notes before you convert a dataset. Information only.