Salmon harvest down 3%

Kate Casey

The total salmon harvest (Atlantic, coho and rainbow trout) reached 331,718 tons, whereas last year during the same period the total was 341,460 tons. This is translates into a cumulative variation of 3% less than last year’s harvest.

The latest cumulative harvested tons as of July 2008 compared to the same period in 2007: 

Species                     Tons 2007     Tons 2008                 % Variation

Atlantic salmon             190,763         192,626                         1.0 Rainbow trout               113,434            94,543                    - 16.7    Coho salmon                  37,263            44,549                      19.6 Chilean mussel              161,327          170,992                        6.0  Seaweed                         13,127            10,511                    - 19.9 Northern scallop                10,239             7,087                    - 30.8 Chilean oyster                      104               1,122                      978.8 Spirulina                                81               5,100                    6204.1  Others                               2,246              6,448                      187.1 TOTAL HARVEST          528,495         532,978                    0.8