At the end of October, Norwegian salmon farm biomass was only 8,000 metric tons higher than during the same period last year. Trout biomass was less compared with the previous year, according to figures from Norwegian Seafood Federation (FHL) Akvafakta.
About 428 million salmon with an average weight of 1.6 kg provided a biomass of 700,000 metric tons at the end of October, just 1 percent higher than at the same time last year.
In 2013, there were 427 million salmon in the sea averaging 1.6