Fish production in aquaculture holdings equaled 2,071 tons in 2020 in Georgia, down by 16% YoY, the National Statistics Office (Geostat) reported.
Production of Salmonidae amounted to 1,155 tons (-13.8%), Cyprinidae – 838.4 tons (-17.2%), while production of sturgeons equaled 60.1 tons (-22.4%) and production of Siluridae – 17.5 tons (+22.4%).
Rainbow trout had the highest share (98.1%) for Salmonidae production. In Cyprinidae production, 42.9% are common carp and mirror carp production, 43% are silver carp and bighead carp production and 13.6% are grass carp production.
Kakheti was the leading region within 32.2%, followed by Shida Kartli within 31.4% and Guria with 11.1%.
In 2020, the average annual price of 1 kg of rainbow trout at the gate of farm (producer price) amounted to 10.2 lari ($3.26). The average annual price of common carp and mirror carp equaled 8 lari ($2.55).
The average annual price of grass carp was 6.3 lari ($2.01), while the average annual price of silver carp and bighead carp amounted to 4.3 lari ($1.37). (Trend/Business World Magazine)