Lerøy Seafood salmon and trout harvest down 10 percent by volume in Q2 2023

Bergen, Norway-based Lerøy Seafood harvested 29,700 metric tons (MT) of farmed salmon and trout in the second quarter of 2023, down 10 percent from Q2 2022’s 33,083 MT total.

The total excludes volumes from Scottish Sea Farms, a joint venture between Lerøy and Salmar.

Its Q1 2023 slaughter volumes of salmon and trout also decreased 11 percent gutted-weight tonnage (GWT) from Q1 2022 to 28,602 GWT. Nevertheless, for the full year of 2023 and including joint ventures, Lerøy CEO Henning Beltestad estimated in May a total salmonid harvest of 193,500 MT, which is on par with 2022’s volume.

“We expect this to be 2,000 MT more for 2024, to 195,000 MT, and a further increase in 2025 to 205,000 MT,” Lerøy CEO Henning Beltestad said.

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