Producer prices for fish 2025

Producer prices for Baltic herring and sprat decreased in 2025. The producer price for Baltic herring sold for human consumption was EUR 0.44 per kilo and that for industrial Baltic herring used as raw material for fish meal and as animal feed was EUR 0.28 per kilo. The producer price for sprat was EUR 0.29 per kilo, that is, slightly lower than in 2024.

Producer prices for fish in 2025 (change from the previous year in brackets)

• Baltic herring sold for human consumption EUR 0.44 per kilo (-15 %)
• Industrial Baltic herring EUR 0.28 per kilo (-15 %)
• Sprat EUR 0.29 per kilo (-3 %)
• Gutted salmon EUR 10.57 per kilo (+8 %)
• Gutted European whitefish EUR 5.08 per kilo (-1 %)
• Perch EUR 1.96 per kilo (+4 %)
• Pikeperch EUR 6.19 per kilo (-5 %)
• Pike EUR 2.39 per kilo (-2 %)
• Burbot EUR 4.54 per kilo (-0 %)
• Bream EUR 0.38 per kilo (-48 %)
• Roach EUR 0.50 per kilo (+16 %)
• Vendace EUR 1.88 per kilo (+6 %)

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 2025 (change from the previous year in brackets)

• Vendace EUR 3.81 per kilo (-11 %)
• Perch EUR 2.22 per kilo (-3 %)
• Bream EUR 0.54 per kilo (-36 %)
• Roach EUR 0.64 per kilo (+8 %)

The statistics on producer prices for fish represent the producer prices paid for fish landed at ports in Finland’s sea areas. The statistics do not cover direct sales from commercial fishers directly to consumers. 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 22 June).