The Scottish Government’s annual survey, based on returns from all active authorised fish-farming businesses, recorded 197,836 tonnes of Atlantic salmon production in 2025. That was 5,836 tonnes, or 3%, more than in 2024. Direct employment in seawater salmon production rose 4% to 1,410 people, while mean output was 140 tonnes per worker.

Rainbow trout production fell by 4,579 tonnes, or 56%, to 3,592 tonnes. The report attributes most of the decline to the acquisition of a major rainbow-trout producer by a salmon producer. The survey reports wet weight at harvest and excludes processing and marketing staff from the seawater salmon employment count.