Aquaculture 2016

In 2016, some 14.4 million kilograms of fish were cultivated for human consumption in Finland. This represented a decrease of about half million kilograms compared to 2015.
Some 13.4 million kilograms of rainbow trout were produced in 2016, representing over 90 per cent of all the food fish produced in Finland. A little over 0.8 million kilograms of European whitefish were produced, which was almost the same than in the two previous years.
A total of some 0.2 million kilograms of the other species of fish being farmed, including trout, arctic charr, sturgeon, pike perch and eel, were produced. Some half million kilograms of rainbow trout roe were produced for food.
The value of rainbow trout produced for human consumption in 2016 amounted to EUR 59,4 million, while the value of European whitefish totalled EUR 7 million. The value of all edible fish produced amounted to EUR 69.1 million, representing about EUR 13million more than in 2015. This is explained by the higher average producer prices (4.88.e/kg) of rainbow trout.
In addition to fish consumed as food, fish is also farmed in order to be stocked in natural waters. Some 50 million specimens of fry and crayfish – excluding newly hatched individuals – were produced for the purposes of stocking and further farming.
In 2016, a total of 300 fish farming enterprises operated in Finland.