SalMar's Q3 harvest volume was 23% lower this year
The world's second largest Atlantic salmon farmer, SalMar, harvested 60,300 gutted weight tonnes of fish in Norway and Iceland in the third quarter of this year, a reduction of 23% compared to the 78,100 gwt harvested in the same period last year.
The Q3 harvest volumes (rounded figures) were:
- Farming Central Norway: 38,200 gwt (Q3 2023: 48,400 gwt)
- Farming Northern Norway: 18,300 gwt (25,700 gwt)
- SalMar Aker Ocean: 2,100 gwt (0 gwt)
- Icelandic Salmon: 1,800 gwt (4,000 gwt)
- Total: 60,300 gwt
The figures do not include SalMar’s half share of the harvest volume of Scottish Sea Farms, owned 50-50 by SalMar and Lerøy Seafood Group.
In its report for the second quarter of this year, published in August, SalMar said its 2024 harvest guidance for Norway remained unchanged at 237,000 gwt, 7,000 gwt from SalMar Aker Ocean and 37,000 gwt for Scottish Sea Farms (100% basis). Guidance for SalMar’s Iceland subsidiary Icelandic Salmon (Arnarlax) was decreased to 13,000 tonnes.
The full Q3 2024 report will be released on Monday, November 18.
