World Salmon Farming Expected to Climb
Foreign Fishery Developments Table 1.-World production of pen·farmed salmon. 1981-83 and 1990 projections. Salmon production (t) Species and nation 1981 1982 1983 1990 World Salmon Farming Atlantic salmon Norway 8,907 10,266 17,016 80,000 Expected to Climb United Kingdom 1,000 2,100 2,500 8,500 Ireland 80' 103 256 2,000 Canada 35 140 180' 1,000 Faroe Islands 100' 130 160 2,000 Sweden 80' 80' 100' 500 Iceland' 20' 30 50 300 The world production of pen (Scotland), which produced 2,500 t of Finland 30 30 30 200 farmed salmon doubled during France 2' 5' 10' 30 salmon in 1983, is the only country -------- 1981-83. Of the 24,500 metric tons (t) besides Norway with a large and suc Subtotal 10,234' 12,884' 20,302' 94,530 of farmed salmon produced in 1983, cessful Atlantic salmon farming in Pacific salmon almost 85 percent was Atlantic dustry. Production of pen-farmed Japan 1,150 2,122 2,900 8,000 salmon, Sa/mo safar (Table 1). While United States 450' 680' 900' 1,800 salmon in other countries is not Canada 176 400' 129' 450 the farming of Pacific salmon, On substantial, but continues to expand. Chile 60 80 100 3,000 France 60 80 80 500 corhynchus spp., has also been in New Zealand 2' 5' 10' 50 creasing, the 1983 production ac Norway counted for only 15 percent of the Norway is the world's most impor Subtotal 1,898' 3,392' 4,119' 12,800 total world production of pen-farmed tant producer of pen-farmed salmon.
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