{"id":2103,"date":"2022-02-02T18:14:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/?page_id=2103"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:46:14","slug":"salmon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/species\/salmon\/","title":{"rendered":"Salmon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lachs-2-1024x392.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1401\" style=\"width:476px;height:182px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lachs-2-1024x392.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lachs-2-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lachs-2-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lachs-2-1536x587.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lachs-2-2048x783.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salmon is one of the most important fish species produced in aquaculture and is also one of the most popular edible fish in Germany. In 2024, around 2.7 million tons of salmon (<em>Salmo salar<\/em>) were produced worldwide (FAO, 2026). The most important salmon producers include Norway, Chile, Scotland and Ireland (FIZ, 2024).<br>Typically, reproduction as well as hatchery and stocking fish rearing takes place in freshwater-operated recirculating systems, whereas salmon in the fattening stage mature in net enclosures in seawater.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"sources-and-detailed-scientific-information-on-salmon-can-be-found-at\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources and detailed scientific information on salmon can be found at:  <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/fishery\/culturedspecies\/salmo_salar\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FAO: Salmon<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/openknowledge.fao.org\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/09d03e2f-7097-4d59-bf94-db65e95f44fd\/content\/cd8357en.html#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> FAO, 2026. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2026 <\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fischinfo.de\/images\/broschueren\/pdf\/FIZ_DF_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> FIZ, 2024. Fischwirtschaft &#8211; Daten und Fakten 2024 (German) <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p >\n<p >\n<p >\n<p >Salmon is one of the most important fish species produced in aquaculture and is also one of the most popular edible fish in Germany. In 2024, around 2.7 million tons of salmon (<em>Salmo salar<\/em>) were produced worldwide (FAO, 2026). 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