Iceland recorded 51,350 metric tons of total aquaculture production in 2022, down slightly from the record high of 53,136 MT it achieved in 2021.
Iceland’s aquaculture production has ramped up significant over the past decade. In 2013, Iceland had just 7,053 MT of total aquaculture production. By 2017, the total surpassed 20,000 MT for the first time, and it reached 40,000 MT in 2020.
Of the 2022 total, 44,934 MT was Atlantic salmon, down from 46,458 MT in 2021 but up from 34,341 MT in 2020. In 2022, Iceland exported 38,859 MT of Atlantic salmon. Its leading markets were the Netherlands at 8,298 MT, the United States at 7,373 MT, Poland at 6,77 MT, Denmark at 6,487 MT, and France at 3,863 MT.
Arctic char production also dipped in Iceland in 2022 to 4,931 MT, down from 5,390 MT in 2021 and 5,493 MT in 2020. Primary markets were the United States at 865 MT, Vietnam at 397 MT, Germany at 291 MT, the Netherlands at 264 MT, and Sweden at 261 MT.
Iceland’s rainbow trout production reached a five-year high in 2022 of 1,131 MT, up from 951 MT in 2021 and 490 MT in 2020. The country’s farmed rainbow trout production peaked in 2017 at 4,628 MT.
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