Lerøy harvests rise for Q2 and H1
Fish farmer Lerøy harvested 38,900 gutted weight tonnes of salmon and trout in Norway in the second quarter of this year, an increase of 1,800 gwt of the same period last year, it said in a trading update today.
The company, which co-owns Scottish Sea Farms with fellow Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar, harvested 78,200 gwt in the first half of this year, 8,800 gwt more than in H1 2019.
The volumes for Lerøy’s three Norwegian regions are:
|
Salmon and trout harvest volume (1,000 GWT) |
Q2 2020 |
Q2 2019 |
YTD 2020 |
YTD 2019 |
|
Lerøy Aurora (north) |
3.7 |
5.0 |
12.3 |
9.9 |
|
Lerøy Midt (central) |
15.8 |
18.6 |
30.3 |
30.9 |
|
Lerøy Sjøtroll (south) |
19.3 |
13.4 |
35.7 |
28.5 |
|
Overall |
38.9 |
37.1 |
78.2 |
69.4 |
Trout made up 35% of the harvest in Lerøy Sjøtroll in Q2 and 37% in H1 2020.
The full Q2 report will be published on August 20.
