SalMar harvested 284,500 tonnes in Norway and Iceland last year
Salmon farmer expects to surpass 300,000 tonnes this year with help from Scottish Sea Farms
The world’s second biggest Atlantic salmon farmer, SalMar, harvested 84,100 gutted weight tonnes in Norway and Iceland in the fourth quarter of 2025, up from 73,800 gwt in the corresponding period in 2024.
For the whole of 2025, SalMar’s consolidated harvest volume ended at 284,500 gwt (2024: 231,800 gwt), according to a stock exchange announcement from the farming company.
It was SalMar’s Central Norway farming region that accounted for the largest volume in Q4, with 43,400 gwt, while the Northern Norway region harvested 36,900 gwt.
The distribution of harvest volumes was as follows:
- Farming Central Norway: 43,400 gwt in Q4 and 145,400 gwt in 2025
- Farming Northern Norway: 36,900 gwt in Q4 and 119,200 gwt in 2025
- SalMar Ocean: 0 tonnes in Q4 and 7,200 gwt in 2025
- Icelandic Salmon: 3,800 gwt in Q4 and 12,700 gwt in 2025
Scottish Sea Farms
SalMar’s share of volume harvested by Scottish Sea Farms (SSF), which it owns 50-50 with fellow Norwegian salmon farmer Lerøy Seafood Group, isn’t included in the trading update. SSF’s Q4 volume will be revealed in the full Q4 2025 reports published by SalMar and Lerøy next month.
In its report for Q3 2025, SalMar said SSF was expected to harvest 33,500 gwt in 2025, and 45,000 gwt this year.
SalMar expects to harvest 319,000 gwt this year, including its half-share of SSF’s harvest.
