Lerøy chief executive Henning Beltestad saw production fall year-on-year in Q3.

Lerøy's Q3 harvest dipped by 7.5% this year

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Lerøy Seafood Group, one of the world’s top five salmonid farmers, harvested 54,680 gutted weight tonnes of Atlantic salmon and trout in Norway in the third quarter of this year, a drop of 4,420 gwt (7.5%) compared to the 59,100 gwt harvested in Q3 2025.

Harvested volume by region for Q3 2026 (Q3 2025) was:

  • Lerøy Aurora (northern Norway): 19,000 gwt (20,100 gwt)

  • Lerøy Midt (central Norway): 18,800 gwt (21,400 gwt)

  • Lerøy Sjøtroll (southern Norway): 16,900 gwt, of which 7,600 gwt were trout (17,600 gwt, of which 10,400 gwt trout)

The volume does not include fish harvested by Scottish Sea Farms, which Lerøy owns 50-50 with SalMar.

Lerøy’s complete Q3 2026 report will be published on November 10.

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