Data from 2023 season

Here is a look at production data from the 2023 season, which ran from May 1 - December 21, 2024.

Net ID	Stocked (# of fish)	Mortalities (# of fish)	Harvested (kg)	X Factor (# of fish)	Escapes
2	150,000	767	146,631	11,655	0
3	132,000	309	147,512	11,001	0
4	144,000	563	156,320	5,308	0
5	150,000	526	125,853	9,149	0

What are “X Factor” fish?

On fish farms, it is typical that we see some missing fish within the data by the time we harvest. We call these “X Factor” fish and there can be many reasons for them:

• Predator loss — for example, birds eating fish from the pens

• Theft — if fish are removed from the cage

• Cannibalism — though not common in larger trout, occasionally bigger fish eat smaller fish

• Undocumented escapes — we inspect the nets for holes visually above and below the surface at least once per week
  

• Uncounted mortalities — though we endeavour to count all mortalities, some may be missed through decomposition or oversight

• Runts — these are sometimes not counted by farm, harvest or processing staff

• Counting discrepancies — our automatic counters are accurate up to 98%, which may mean the fish were never there in the first place