Aquaculture 2023

Figures corrected in data on 4.9.2024.​

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In 2023, some 15,2 million kilograms of fish were cultivated for human consumption in Finland. Total production was more than one million kilos less than in 2022.

• The production of rainbow trout amounted to 14.4 million kilograms, which accounts for 95 percent of the total food fish production. The production of cultivated European whitefish totalled 0.7 million kilograms, which is 0.1 million kilograms less than in the previous year. Other cultivated food fish species, namely char, trout and sturgeon, produced a total of 88 000 kilograms.
• About 0.4 million kilograms of rainbow trout roe was sold for food.
• The value of food fish production amounted to EUR 93 million, which is almost EUR 9 million lower than in 2022.
• 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, was around 43 million.
• A total of 217 fish farming enterprises operated in 352 fish farms in Finland in 2023.
• The number of food fish companies and natural nutrition farms has decreased by a third during the last ten years. The number of fry enterprises has remained at the same level.