Aquaculture 2018

In 2018, some 14.3 million kilograms of fish were cultivated for human consumption in Finland. This represented a decrease of about 0.26 million kilograms compared to 2017.
Some 13.2 million kilograms of rainbow trout were produced in 2018, representing over 90 per cent of all the food fish produced in Finland. Also 0.8 million kilograms of European whitefish were produced, which was almost the same as in the four previous years.
A total of some 0.3 million kilograms of the other species of fish being farmed, including trout, arctic charr, sturgeon and pike perch, were produced. Some half million kilograms of rainbow trout roe were produced for food.
The value of rainbow trout produced for human consumption in 2018 amounted to EUR 63.2 million, while the value of European whitefish totalled EUR 7.9 million. The value of all edible fish produced amounted to EUR 73.5 million, representing about EUR 6.3 million more than in 2017. This is explained by the lower average producer prices (5.15 e/kg) of rainbow trout.
In addition to fish consumed as food, fish is also farmed in order to be stocked in natural waters. Some 50 million specimens of fry – excluding newly hatched individuals – were produced for the purposes of stocking and further farming.
In 2018, a total of 265 fish farming enterprises operated in Finland.