This year's salmon fishing season in Norway started on 1 June, but it has not been quite the same as usual because wild salmon are disappearing from Norwegian rivers. At a third of all fishing spots, there are so few salmon that fishing will remain closed for the entire season. ‘It has never been worse,’ says Torbjørn Forseth, senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and chairman of the Scientific Council, to DN (Dagens Næringsliv).
Norway's seafood exports to the US increased by 56% in the first quarter of the year, ahead of President Donald Trump's decision on tariffs.
Fish farming is often portrayed as a sustainable solution to feed a growing population and protect wild fish stocks - but this is not true.
In order to protect wild salmon and favour other more sustainable methods of salmon farming, the Canadian government has decided to ban salmon farming in open net pens in the ocean from July 2029.
Seafood exports from Norway plummeted by a record amount, down by more than NOK 2 billion to NOK 12.1 billion in June, according to monthly figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council. Problems with salmon farms are behind the setback.
A mysterious salmon disease discovered in the Norwegian Enningdalsälven, on the border with Tanum municipality in Västra Götaland, is causing concern. The disease, Red Skin Disease, manifests itself as skin bleeding, fungus, and sores on the fish's belly, causing the salmon to rot alive.
The release of farmed salmon has affected the wild salmon stocks, according to a new study from (SLU)
