Producer prices for fish 2022

In 2022, producer prices for fish increased. The biggest increase was in the producer price of gutted salmon, for which the average price paid to marine commercial fishermen was EUR 9.25 per kg, about 44% higher than the previous year.

Producer prices for fish in 2022 (change from previous year in brackets)

• Baltic herring intended for human consumption EUR 0.36 per kg (+6%)
• Baltic herring for industrial use EUR 0.20 per kg (+5%)
• Sprat 0.23 EUR  per kg (+21%)
• Gutted salmon 9,25 EUR per kg (+44%)
• Gutted whitefish 5,8 EUR per kg (+13 %)
• Perch 2,54 EUR per kg (+6%)
• Pikeperch 7,04 EUR per kg (+15 %)
• Pike 2,19 EU  per kg (+12%)
• Burbot 4,94 EU  per kg (-3%)
• Bream 0,47 EUR per kg (-31%)
• Vendace 0,55 EUR per kg (-76 %)
• Farmed rainbow trout, gutted 6,58 EUR per kg (+27%)
• Farmed whitefish, gutted 11,71 EUR per kg (+15 %)

The 2022 producer prices for fish are fully comparable with previous years only for fish species with catch quotas: salmon, herring, sprat, cod and plaice. For all other species, more comprehensive data from the Central Industrial Fisheries Register has improved the coverage of the statistics. Until 2021, prices of non-quota fish species are based on information collected from 20 to 30 enterprises, which include almost exclusively fish intended for human consumption. In 2022, the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment of Southwest Finland started to monitor the submission of first-sale declarations under Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 also for non-quota fish species. As a result, the data in the fish producer price statistics for 2022 is considerably more comprehensive than in previous years, and includes fish purchased for industrial use also for species other than herring and sprat. The improvement in the coverage of the register data had a particular impact on prices for species of which a significant proportion is sold for industrial use (e.g. vendace and bream).

The price data for farmed rainbow trout used in the statistics were more limited for mainland Finland than in previous years. For fish farmed in Åland, price data was comprehensive.