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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 7343 5,648,462 16,467,818 11,767,628
European eel 400 1 0.3 1191 2,977,500 9,925,000 2,977,500
Common carp 1500 3 0.68 4335 2,889,733 4,249,608 8,669,200
Whiteleg shrimp 17 0.411 0.17 34 2,011,765 11,833,910 826,187
Sea trout 1300 2.083 0.343 572 440,077 1,283,023 916,827
European seabass 400 2.083 0.214 15 37,500 175,234 78,125
Chars NEI 1443
Freshwater fishes NEI 576
African sharptooth catfish 370
Brook trout 283
Pike-perch 146
Tench 131
Sturgeons NEI 126
Wels(=Som) catfish 113
Northern pike 40
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)
Austria Salmonids 6,883
Italy Salmonids 6,198
Poland Salmonids 5,371
Other Salmonids 4,445
France Salmonids 3,693
Denmark Salmonids 2,048
Netherlands Salmonids 1,942
Sweden Salmonids 1,363
Switzerland Salmonids 971
Czechia Salmonids 937
Portugal Salmonids 661
Spain Salmonids 603
Belgium Salmonids 589
Slovakia Salmonids 536
Romania Salmonids 401
Greece Salmonids 375
Slovenia Salmonids 265
Hungary Salmonids 265
Switzerland Bass and bream 264
Austria Bass and bream 217
Finland Salmonids 161
Lithuania Salmonids 113
United Kingdom Salmonids 110
Cyprus Salmonids 100
Netherlands Bass and bream 91
Estonia Salmonids 82
Denmark Bass and bream 71
Latvia Salmonids 69
Bulgaria Salmonids 52
Ireland Bass and bream 52
Czechia Bass and bream 42
Croatia Salmonids 41
Hungary Bass and bream 28
Malta Salmonids 22
France Bass and bream 20
Belgium Bass and bream 19
Ireland Salmonids 18
Poland Bass and bream 17
Slovakia Bass and bream 17
Italy Bass and bream 14
Austria Carp 14
Türkiye Salmonids 12
France Carp 11
Morocco Salmonids 10
Norway Salmonids 9
Belgium Carp 9
Spain Bass and bream 8
Estonia Bass and bream 5
Netherlands Carp 5
Latvia Bass and bream 3
Switzerland Carp 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina Salmonids 2
Montenegro Salmonids 1
Sweden Bass and bream 1
Slovenia Bass and bream 1
Ireland Carp 1
Other Bass and bream 1
Denmark Carp 1
United Kingdom Bass and bream 1
Lithuania Bass and bream 1
Malta Bass and bream 1
Italy Carp 0
Poland Carp 0
Serbia Salmonids 0
Portugal Bass and bream 0
Romania Bass and bream 0
Czechia Carp 0
Iceland Salmonids 0
Finland Bass and bream 0

Imports

Partner Country Species Quantity (t)
Poland Salmonids 66,936
Sweden Salmonids 28,119
Denmark Salmonids 24,250
Netherlands Salmonids 16,070
Other Salmonids 14,914
Norway Salmonids 6,322
Lithuania Salmonids 5,271
France Salmonids 3,424
Greece Bass and bream 3,101
Czechia Carp 2,761
Netherlands Bass and bream 1,978
Italy Bass and bream 1,966
Faroe Islands Salmonids 1,280
Iceland Salmonids 1,204
Croatia Bass and bream 840
Türkiye Bass and bream 691
Ireland Salmonids 689
Belgium Salmonids 657
France Bass and bream 578
Slovenia Bass and bream 556
Austria Bass and bream 436
Latvia Salmonids 394
Hungary Carp 357
Spain Bass and bream 314
Austria Salmonids 279
Italy Salmonids 228
Other Carp 181
Spain Salmonids 137
Cyprus Salmonids 86
Czechia Salmonids 86
Portugal Salmonids 81
Türkiye Carp 75
Netherlands Carp 71
Estonia Salmonids 65
Other Bass and bream 50
Italy Carp 39
Denmark Bass and bream 24
Finland Salmonids 22
Belgium Carp 22
Bulgaria Salmonids 21
Poland Carp 16
Switzerland Salmonids 10
Romania Carp 7
France Carp 5
Tunisia Bass and bream 5
Poland Bass and bream 4
Greece Salmonids 4
Romania Bass and bream 3
Portugal Bass and bream 2
Belgium Bass and bream 2
Bulgaria Carp 1
Denmark Carp 1
Croatia Salmonids 1
Slovakia Salmonids 1
Croatia Carp 1
Slovenia Salmonids 0
Austria Carp 0
Türkiye Salmonids 0
Spain Carp 0
Malta Salmonids 0
Hungary Salmonids 0
Lithuania Bass and bream 0
Czechia Bass and bream 0