Biomass up five per cent in Norway
The volume of salmon in cages at Norwegian fish farms, as measured by weight, was up by five per cent year-on-year in May 2017, Seafood Norway said in a statement.
Biomass was estimated at 589,000 tonnes of salmon, it added.
Seafood Norway represents about 500 Norwegian seafood companies.
Big Norwegian salmon producers, including Marine Harvest , Leroey, Grieg and Norway Royal Salmon expect Norwegian export volumes to rise by around 2 per cent in 2017 after falling 5 per cent in 2016.
