All-time high salmon biomass in Norway

According to statistics provider Akvafakta's monthly report, there were 833,262 tonnes of Atlantic salmon in Norway's marine fish farms at the end of last month. That is 766 tonnes more than at the same time last year and the highest volume of standing biomass ever. A small reservation must be made that the most recent monthly figure is often corrected in the following month's report.

The largest biomass was for 23G (fish stocked last year), with 481,000 tonnes (152 million fish, average weight of 3.2 kg).

Figures for the corresponding generation in October last year (22G) were 494,000 tonnes (144 million fish, average weight of 3.4 kg).

For this year's release (24G), the figures are 351,000 tonnes, 334 million fish, and an average weight of 1.1 kg.

Correspondingly, in October last year (23G) it was 334,000 tonnes, 329 million fish, and an average weight of 1.0 kg.

For trout, biomass at the end of October was almost but not quite an all-time high. With 49,732 tonnes of fish, the biomass came close to surpassing the 50,000 tonnes listed in October 2015. Presumably, the latter figure is reported with some rounding.

Feed

The feed consumption for salmon in October was 231.000 tonnes, 2% less than in October last year. For trout, the figure was 14,000 tonnes, 11% more.

Release

30.2 million salmon were stocked at sea in the month, 2% fewer than in October 2023.

For trout, 1.6 million went into the sea, 25% fewer than in October last year.

Temperature

The average sea temperature for all locations was 11.2 degrees, 0.3 degrees above last year's value.