Aquaculture 2022

In 2022, some 16.3 million kilograms of fish were cultivated for human consumption in Finland. Total production was almost two million kilos more than in 2021.

• The production of rainbow trout amounted to 15.3 million kilograms, which accounts for 94 percent of the total food fish production. The production of cultivated European whitefish totalled 0.8 million kilograms, which is 0.1 million kilograms more than in the previous year. Other cultivated food fish species amounted to a total of 0.2 million kilograms.
• About 0.4 million kilograms of rainbow trout roe was sold for food.
• The value of food fish production amounted to EUR 102 million, which is almost EUR 23 million more than in 2021. The price of Norwegian salmon was high and this also pushed up the producer price of domestic rainbow trout. The producer price of farmed European whitefish rose also.
• 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 50 million.
• A total of 219 fish farming enterprises operated in Finland in 2022, eighteen enterprises fewer than in the previous year.

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