On the other had, they can be more productive because there is lower mortality, Trethewey said. He said the survival rate for salmon raised in the Akvafuture system is about 95 per cent.

Norway's iconic wild salmon is in dramatic decline, a victim of fish farming and climate change. "As a kid, in the early 1980s, there was so much fish in the river, you have no idea.

Tofino dock, Catface Mountain in background: Clayoquot Sound, renowned for old-growth forests, also has 20 salmon-farm tenures, with 15 of them held by Cermaq, a Norwegian-based company. Norway ...

Its impact has caused the population of the native species to halve since the 1980s. With salmon central to Norway's culture and economy, the issue is a continuing cause of national concern.

Norway Royal Salmon AS (OB:NRS) outperformed the Packaged Foods and Meats industry on the basis of its ROE – producing a higher 24.9% relative to the peer average of 20.8% over the past 12 months.

Norway's iconic wild salmon is in dramatic decline, a victim of fish farming and climate change. "As a kid, in the early 1980s, there was so much fish in the river, you have no idea.

Norway's iconic wild salmon is in dramatic decline, a victim of fish farming and climate change. "As a kid, in the early 1980s, there was so much fish in the river, you have no idea.

Despite decades of experience, the 52-year-old left the river empty-handed 10 days straight. Wild salmon is now so rare that Norway in 2021 placed it on its red list of near-endangered species.