Lerøy Seafood Group (LSG) harvested 51,300 metric tons (MT) of gutted weight farmed salmon and trout in the closing quarter of 2021, an increase of 3,000 MT compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, and contributing to an increased total for the full-year of 186,600 MT.
According to the Norwegian fish farming and fishing company’s latest trading update, the volume produced at the Lerøy Aurora sites in the fourth-quarter of 2021 decreased by 700 MT year-on-year to 14,100 MT. However, Lerøy Midt’s harvest increased by 2,700 MT to 18,300 MT, and Lerøy Sjøtroll produced 18,900 MT (up 1,000 MT).
For 2021 as a whole, Lerøy Aurora harvested 44,000 MT (35,000 MT in 2020), Lerøy Midt harvested 71,600 MT (67,900 MT in 2020), and Lerøy Sjøtroll 70,000 MT (68,000 MT in 2020).
Some 8,000 MT of Lerøy’s harvest volume in the last quarter was trout. For the full-year 2021, this share was 25,100 MT (down from 28,000 MT in 2020).
Meanwhile, in LSG’s wild catch segment, Havfisk's total catch volume in the last quarter was 17,100 MT, representing an increase of 4,500 MT compared with Q4 2020. This total included 8,800 MT of cod, which was 1,800 MT more than a year previously.
For the full-year 2021, the total landings amounted to 71,500 MT, an increase of 3,100 MT. Havfisk's cod catch in 2021 totaled 26,600 MT, up 3,000 MT on 2020.
LSG’s full fourth-quarter 2021 results will be published on 17 February, 2022.
Photo courtesy of Lerøy Seafood Group
