Fishing industry in Denmark vogue, on the same lines as adopted by North Atlantic nations. Three broad categories of fishing in Denmark are industrial fishery, fishery for human consumption (also known as pelagic fishing), and demersal fishery. Industrial fishing is for industrial use of producing fish oil and fish meal. Initially, Industrial fishing using trawlers began in the 1940s with herring fishing in the North Sea. Over time, other fish species included sand eel, Norway pout, blue whiting and sprat (sprat in Skagerrak/Kattegat and in the Baltic Sea). By 1993, the percentage of sand eel was about 70%, when the total industrial fish catch
Fishing industry in Denmark and in facilitating licenses for fish management and for recreational fisheries. Aquaculture in freshwater ponds and in salt water marshes are also finding increased attention of the government by breeding more species. Since 2004 new rules are in force for freshwater and saltwater fishing as an aquaculture practice under specific organic labeling. Freshwater fishing in ponds is notable for rainbow trout ("Oncorhynchus mykiss"); this species is also adopted to land-based marine aquaculture. Eel farming is also popular where water is recirculated in freshwater tanks. Other varieties of fish adopted in freshwater fishing are mussels, oysters and crayfish. Turbot from which