Scotland Fish Farming 2023 Survey Points to Lower Production
The Scottish Government published the Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2023, which details statistics on the employment and production of the country’s fish farming operations.
The government highlighted a few key figures from the survey:
- In 2023, production of Atlantic salmon decreased by 18,245 tonnes (11%) to 150,949 tonnes.
- The total number of smolts produced in 2023 decreased by 3.6 million (7%) to 51.5 million.
- Production tonnage of rainbow trout increased by 6% in 2023 to 9,258 tonnes. This is the highest level of rainbow trout production recorded in Scotland...
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