Aquaculture. Final figures 2010

Sales generate NOK 30 billion

The final aquaculture figures show 2010 to be a record-breaking sales year in Norwegian fish farming. The first-hand value for reared fish reached NOK 30.7 billion, with a corresponding quantity of one billion tonnes.

At the end of 2010, the stocks in the fish farms were 370 million live fish; an increase of 5.4 per cent compared with 2009. Accordingly, and in spite of a year of top sales quantities, stocks remained sizeable.

Employment

Because of a 16.4 per cent increase in employment in salmon and trout farming, 450 more people were employed in aquaculture in 2010 than in 2009.

Tables

Table 1 Sales of slaughtered fish for food. Quantity, by fish species and county. 2010. Tonnes
Table 2 Sales of slaughtered fish for food. First hand value, by fish species and county. 2010. NOK 1 000
Table 3 Number of licenses running, workers and labour input, by type of production and county. Salmon and rainbow trout. 2010
Table 4 Stock of live fish for food, by species of fish and county. All fish species. 2010. 1 000 pieces (Corrected 3 January 2012)
Table 5 Sales of shellfish, by fish species. 2000-2010. Tonnes and NOK 1 000