Salmonids
Fjord trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss · Norwegian fjord trout
Deeper colour and firmer texture than salmon, in far smaller volume. A premium position where supply is the constraint, not demand.
Fjord trout is farmed in brackish fjord water and reaches a noticeably deeper red-orange flesh colour than salmon at the same feed regime. Japanese and Korean sashimi buyers pay a premium for it, and European smokehouses use it where salmon reads as too commodity.
Total Norwegian production is a small fraction of salmon volume. Continuous programmes therefore need to be contracted ahead of the harvest window rather than bought on the spot market, and a buyer who wants weekly volume should expect to commit for a quarter or more.
Season through the year
- January: Limited volume
- February: Limited volume
- March: Available
- April: Available
- May: Available
- June: Limited volume
- July: Limited volume
- August: Available
- September: Available
- October: Peak season
- November: Peak season
- December: Available
- Peak season
- Available
- Limited volume
- Out of season
Available year-round, with clear harvest peaks. Volume is the limiting factor.
Where this product trades
Commercial specification
- Scientific name
- Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Production
- Farmed
- Condition
- Fresh, chilled · Frozen · Smoked
- Size and weight class
- 1–2, 2–3, 3–4, 4–5, 5–6, 6+ kg HOG.
- Packing
- 20 kg EPS box with ice, 10 kg fillet box.
- Minimum volume
- One pallet airfreight. Programme volume by quarterly contract.
- Product forms
- HOG — Head-on guttedStandard salmon export form
- FLT — FilletSkin-on or skinless; trim level and pin bone status stated separately
- LOIN — LoinThick back cut, pin-bone free
- PORT — PortionFixed weight, IQF or interleaved
- VA — Value-addedMarinated, breaded, smoked, retail packed
- Shelf life
- Fresh 14–16 days from harvest. Frozen 18 months at −18 °C.
- Temperature
- 0 to +2 °C chilled, −18 °C or colder frozen.
- Certifications available
- ASC Farm & Chain of Custody
- GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture
- BRCGS Food Safety
- IFS Food
- EU establishment approval number
- Health certificate
- Incoterms 2020 normally quoted
- EXW · FCA · CPT · CIP · DAP · DDP
Send the specification and we return standardised offers from verified suppliers — same weight basis, same Incoterm, freight and fees separated out.