Commercial inland fishery 2019

• The commercial inland fishery catch totalled 6.4 million kilos in 2019. In 2018, the total catch was 5.2 million kilos.
• The crayfish catch totalled approximately 729,000 crayfish, with signal crayfish accounting for roughly 98%. The noble crayfish catch and the proportion of noble crayfish from the total catch continued to decrease.
• The total value of the catch was EUR 17.5 million, being EUR 2 million higher than in the year before.
• Vendace was the most important fish species in inland fisheries, when measured by the volume of the catch. It accounted for 41% of the total catch.
• When measured by the value of the catch, pikeperch was slightly more significant than vendace: the value of the vendace catch was EUR 5.7 million, while that of the pikeperch catch was EUR 5.8 million. Combined, these two species accounted for three quarters of the total value of the commercial inland fishery catch.
• European whitefish was the third most valuable inland species (EUR 1.14 million). The value of the European whitefish catch has increased in recent years.
• Of the catch of removal fishing of 0.76 million kilos, roach accounted for a little more than half and bream for nearly one third. Both perch and smelt accounted for roughly 5%.
• There were some 1,600 registered commercial inland fishermen in Finland at the end of the year 2019. The number of registered fishermen decreased from the previous year, as not all three-year registrations were extended.
  
  

The amount and value of the catch of roe has been revised 18th December 2020.