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Production (2024)

Species Harvest weight (g) Harvest age (years) Mortality rate Production (t) Individuals slaughtered Individuals hatched Individuals inventory
Rainbow trout 1300 2.083 0.343 35366 27,204,694 79,313,976 56,676,446
Gilthead seabream 350 2.083 0.26 2595 7,412,877 28,511,066 15,443,494
European seabass 400 2.083 0.214 2520 6,299,242 29,435,713 13,123,422
Kuruma prawn 21 0.411 0.29 110 5,238,095 18,062,397 2,151,168
Common carp 1500 3 0.68 1300 866,667 1,274,510 2,600,000
Whiteleg shrimp 17 0.411 0.17 10 588,235 3,460,208 241,575
Sea trout 1300 2.083 0.343 434 334,162 974,234 696,171
Meagre 2500 1 0.3 662 264,764 882,548 264,764
Giant river prawn 19 0.493 0.49 3 157,895 322,234 77,813
Marine fishes NEI 3600
Roaches NEI 700
Salmonoids NEI 517
Common sole 364
Tench 297
Sturgeons NEI 280
Freshwater fishes NEI 277
Northern pike 191
Red drum 109
Pike-perch 97
Largemouth black bass 71
European perch 47
Grass carp(=White amur) 25
Blow lugworm 20
Table notes: harvest weight, harvest age, and mortality rate are set by us as biological parameters (see bottom of page for details). Production is then used, with these parameters, to calculate individuals slaughtered, individuals hatched, and individuals inventory. 'Inventory' refers to the number of fish alive on animals at any one time. Production weight is rounded to the nearest tonne. Biological parameters explained and cited here. Note that some biological parameters for less frequently farmed species are placeholder values.

time series of individuals slaughtered over time

Trade (2025)

Note: The following trade data is given as it is reported. Trade data can be inaccurate when a country imports fish for further processing and re-export. This is especially true for countries that act as a first port of entry to the EU, such as Sweden (the “Rotterdam effect”).

Exports

Partner Country Species Quantity (t)
Poland Salmonids 5,851
Denmark Salmonids 5,403
Netherlands Salmonids 4,141
Germany Salmonids 3,662
Belgium Salmonids 3,353
Spain Salmonids 3,158
Italy Salmonids 2,945
Other Salmonids 2,090
Switzerland Salmonids 1,610
Ireland Salmonids 1,381
Germany Bass and bream 628
Italy Bass and bream 551
Belgium Bass and bream 546
Estonia Salmonids 451
Portugal Salmonids 391
Switzerland Bass and bream 325
Spain Bass and bream 286
Other Bass and bream 286
United Kingdom Salmonids 264
United Kingdom Bass and bream 243
Lithuania Salmonids 161
Greece Salmonids 119
Ireland Bass and bream 103
Netherlands Bass and bream 88
Romania Salmonids 85
Latvia Salmonids 75
Cyprus Salmonids 61
Portugal Bass and bream 54
Switzerland Carp 39
Austria Salmonids 34
Moldova Salmonids 25
Türkiye Bass and bream 22
Sweden Salmonids 21
Poland Bass and bream 19
Morocco Salmonids 14
Croatia Salmonids 13
Czechia Salmonids 12
Greece Bass and bream 12
Denmark Bass and bream 10
Hungary Salmonids 10
Czechia Bass and bream 10
Slovenia Salmonids 9
Belgium Carp 9
United Kingdom Carp 8
Algeria Salmonids 6
Austria Bass and bream 6
Spain Carp 6
Malta Salmonids 5
Bulgaria Salmonids 5
Other Carp 3
Germany Carp 2
Netherlands Carp 2
Latvia Bass and bream 2
Albania Salmonids 2
Denmark Carp 2
Romania Bass and bream 1
Hungary Bass and bream 1
Ireland Carp 1
Croatia Bass and bream 1
Andorra Salmonids 0
Slovakia Salmonids 0
Egypt Bass and bream 0
Malta Bass and bream 0
Türkiye Salmonids 0
Sweden Bass and bream 0
Finland Salmonids 0
Lithuania Bass and bream 0
Finland Bass and bream 0
Slovenia Bass and bream 0
Norway Salmonids 0
Iceland Salmonids 0
Montenegro Salmonids 0
Bulgaria Bass and bream 0
North Macedonia Salmonids 0
Poland Carp 0
Egypt Salmonids 0
Cyprus Bass and bream 0

Imports

Partner Country Species Quantity (t)
Sweden Salmonids 81,022
United Kingdom Salmonids 54,803
Netherlands Salmonids 11,844
Greece Bass and bream 11,498
Denmark Salmonids 11,401
Other Salmonids 9,859
Poland Salmonids 8,808
Ireland Salmonids 4,899
Netherlands Bass and bream 3,281
Germany Salmonids 3,257
Sweden Bass and bream 3,109
Belgium Salmonids 2,900
Spain Bass and bream 2,535
Italy Bass and bream 2,083
Lithuania Salmonids 1,799
Spain Salmonids 1,521
Denmark Bass and bream 826
Croatia Bass and bream 599
Türkiye Bass and bream 468
Other Bass and bream 384
Latvia Salmonids 287
Czechia Carp 277
Austria Bass and bream 235
United Kingdom Bass and bream 209
Finland Salmonids 133
Estonia Salmonids 118
Italy Salmonids 94
Norway Salmonids 89
Germany Bass and bream 73
Portugal Bass and bream 57
Türkiye Carp 56
Greece Salmonids 38
Belgium Bass and bream 34
Other Carp 31
Morocco Bass and bream 30
Netherlands Carp 23
Belgium Carp 17
Portugal Salmonids 17
Egypt Bass and bream 13
Spain Carp 11
Croatia Carp 9
Estonia Carp 9
Poland Bass and bream 8
Algeria Bass and bream 7
Germany Carp 5
Ireland Bass and bream 2
Poland Carp 2
Italy Carp 1
Switzerland Salmonids 1
Iceland Salmonids 1
Czechia Salmonids 0
Romania Salmonids 0
Denmark Carp 0
Hungary Salmonids 0
Tunisia Bass and bream 0
Tunisia Salmonids 0
Morocco Salmonids 0
Slovakia Salmonids 0