The total supply of farmed Atlantic salmon fell by 9.1 percent or 57,100 metric tons (MT) year-on-year to 517,900 MT in the fourth-quarter of last year with only Canada increasing its harvest in the period, according to new figures issued by the Faroe Islands producer Bakkafrost.
Presenting the company’s fourth-quarter 2016 results, Bakkafrost estimated that the supply from Norway decreased 6.5 percent year-on-year to 289,500 MT in the quarter, while Chile’s production dropped 23.7 percent …
