Norway communities share £40m farm windfall

By Jenny Hjul | October 29, 2019

MORE than 100 Norwegian fish farming communities are to share in a 458 million kroner (almost £40 million) windfall this year. The money has come from the special Aquaculture Fund set up in 2016, which distributes the proceeds from the sale of new permits to towns and villages for facilitating growth in salmon and trout…

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Norway sets up forum to cut fish escapes

By Jenny Hjul | October 23, 2019

NORWAY’S aquaculture sector has joined a special forum to prevent further large scale fish escapes. The industry has come under strong criticism from across the country in recent weeks after it was revealed last month that more than 284,000 salmon have escaped so far this year, almost double the figure for 2018. The country’s seafood…

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