Producer prices for fish 2024

Producer prices for Baltic herring and sprat increased in 2024. The producer price for Baltic herring sold for human consumption was EUR 0.52 per kilo and that for industrial Baltic herring used as raw material for fish meal and as animal feed was EUR 0.33 per kilo. The producer price for Baltic herring sold for human consumption increased by 21 % and that for industrial Baltic herring by 22 % from 2023. The producer price for sprat was EUR 0.30 per kilo, which is the same level as 2023.

Producer prices for fish in 2024 (change from the previous year in brackets)

• Baltic herring sold for human consumption EUR 0.52 per kilo (+32 %)
• Industrial Baltic herring EUR 0.33 per kilo (+22 %)
• Sprat EUR 0.30 per kilo (+0 %)
• Gutted salmon EUR 9.79 per kilo (-5 %)
• Gutted European whitefish EUR 5.12 per kilo (-8 %)
• Perch EUR 1.89 per kilo (-10 %)
• Pikeperch EUR 6.51 per kilo (-7 %)
• Pike EUR 2.48 per kilo (+2 %)
• Burbot EUR 4.55 per kilo (-2 %)
• Bream EUR 0.73 per kilo (+1 %)
• Roach EUR 0.43 per kilo (-12 %)
• Vendace EUR 1.77 per kilo (-19 %)

As significantly higher prices are paid for fish sold for human consumption than for industrial fish, the proportion of catch sold for industrial use has a significant impact on the producer price for non-gutted fish recorded in the statistics for species part of which ends up in industrial uses. In the statistics, producer prices for fish are also published by intended use. In addition to Baltic herring and sprat, also vendace, cyprinids and perch are sold for industrial use.

Producer prices for non-gutted fish sold for human consumption in 2024

• Vendace EUR 4.26 per kilo (+8 %)
• Perch EUR 2.5230 per kilo (-9 %)
• Bream EUR 0.85 per kilo (-1 %)
• Roach EUR 0.59 per kilo (-21 %)

The statistics on producer prices for fish represent the producer prices paid for fish landed at ports in Finland’s sea areas. Producer prices for farmed fish will be published in the statistical database of the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) in conjunction with the publication of aquaculture statistics during week 26 (starting on 24 June).