Aquaculture 2020

In 2020, some 15.1 million kilograms of fish were cultivated for human consumption in Finland. This represented a decrease of about 0,2 kilograms compared to 2019.
The production of rainbow trout amounted to almost 14.3 million kilograms, which accounts for approximately 95 percent of the total food fish production. The production of cultivated European whitefish totalled 0.58 million kilograms, which is a little over one quarter less than in the previous year.
Other cultivated food fish species, mainly trout, arctic char and sturgeon, amounted to a total of approximately 0.2 million kilograms. About 0.4 a million kilograms of rainbow trout roe was sold for food.
The value of rainbow trout production in 2020 totalled EUR 56.3 million, and the corresponding figure for European whitefish was EUR 5.4 million. In total, the value of food fish production amounted to EUR 63.1 million, which shows a decrease of approximately EUR 6.6 from the previous year. The decrease in the value of food fish production can largely be explained with the lowered producer price of rainbow trout and the decrease in the share of European whitefish. The producer price of European whitefish is much higher than that of rainbow trout.
Apart from use in the food industry, fish is also farmed for restocking in natural waters. The total volume of reared fish fry of different ages, excluding newly hatched fry, is around 49 million.
A total of 246 fish farming enterprises operated in Finland in 2020.