All-time high for Norwegian salmon

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In 2015, the first-hand value of Norwegian fish farming came to NOK 46.9 billion, up 6 per cent from 2014. The produced quantity was 1.38 million tonnes.

The final figures from Aquaculture 2015 show only minor changes compared with the preliminary figures (June 2016). StatBank is updated with final figures for 2015.

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Figure 1. Sales of salmon. Quantity and first hand value

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Figure 2. Sales of rainbow trout. Quantity and first-hand value

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Figure 3. Sales of other fish species. Quantity

New conversion factor from 2000

Quantity is quoted as round weight. Fish that is delivered gutted is converted into round weight. The conversion factors from NS 9417 were adopted in 2000. The new conversion factors are as follows, with the old factors in parenthesis: salmon gutted with head - 1.125 (1.125), salmon gutted and decapitated - 1.266 (1.2857), rainbow trout gutted with head - 1.135 (1.125) and rainbow trout gutted and decapitated - 1.266 (1.2857).

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