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No 57, 19.05.2017
The volume of aquaculture production sold increased last year
According to Statistics Estonia, in 2016, aquaculture enterprises sold 868 tonnes of
commercial fish and crayfish, with a total value of 3.7 million euros. The volume of
aquaculture production sold in 2016 was among the highest in 20 years.
While in 2014, a record amount (869 tonnes) of commercial fish and crayfish was sold, the
volume of production sold in 2016 was only 0.1% smaller. The main increase in the fish and
crayfish production has occurred in the past five years: compared to 2012, the volume of
aquaculture production sold has increased 1.5 times.
In Estonia, rainbow trout accounts for the biggest share in the aquaculture production sold and
the share has increased year by year. While in 2015, the share of rainbow trout in the total fish
and crayfish production was 70%, in 2016 it was 78%. In 2016, the amount of rainbow trout sold
was 680 tonnes, with a total value of 2.6 million euros – this is also the highest quantity sold in
20 years.
The monetary value of the European crayfish production increased nearly 1.2 times compared to
2015. In 2016, the European crayfish was sold in the amount of 0.7 tonnes, which is 1.1 times
more than in 2015.
In addition to the rainbow trout and the European crayfish, other fish species are farmed and
sold (perch, the Arctic char, the European eel, the African sharptooth catfish, common carp,
silver carp, wels catfish, sturgeons (the Siberian and Russian sturgeons) and grass carp).
The amount of fish roe for consumption sold in 2016 totalled 4.9 tonnes, which is approximately
1.5 times less than in 2015. Also the monetary value of production decreased 1.5 times. In 2016,
the value of fish roe for consumption sold totalled 127,800 euros, while in 2015, it was 197,000
euros.
In 2016, of the total production of commercial fish and crayfish, 9% was exported – 2 percentage
points more than in 2015. Mainly the European eel and to a lesser extent sturgeons, perch,
rainbow trout and the European crayfish were exported.
Statistics Estonia collects aquaculture data by surveying all enterprises with the principal or secondary
activity of aquaculture. The frame of the surveyed enterprises has been compiled based on the register of
enterprises recognised by the Estonian Fish Farmers Association and the Veterinary and Food Board, and
on the data of the Statistical Profile. For the statistical activity “Aquaculture”, the main representative of
public interest is the Ministry of Rural Affairs, commissioned by whom Statistics Estonia collects and
analyses the data necessary for conducting the statistical activity.
For further information:
Evelin Enno-Sakwan
Leading Statistician
Economic and Environmental Statistics Department
Statistics Estonia
Tel +372 625 9308
More detailed data have been published in the
Statistical Database.