Escaped farmed fish is one of the Norwegian aquaculture industry’s biggest environmental challenges. Farmed salmon that migrate up rivers to breed may undermine the population’s genetic material and resulting in a weakened population of wild salmon.   Simulations carried out by NINA with 20% escaped farmed salmon at spawning (close to the average in Norwegian […]

Escaped farmed fish affects populations of wild fish. In addition to increased competition for food and habitat the farmed salmon…

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