Norway ď ś 2007:'No salmon farms near wild salmon' A spokesman for Marine Harvest said: This is John Fredriksen's private view August 28, 2007 John Fredriksen, one of Norway's richest men and principal shareholder in the aquaculture company Marine Harvest, has caused a storm by suggesting that salmon farms should not be allowed near runs of wild salmon. Mr. Fredriksen, who made his billions in oil, gas and shipping before turning his attention to salmon farming in 2005, now has a Cypriot passport and a home in Chelsea. He made his controversial remarks to a Norwegian newspaper while he was fishing this summer on the Alta river in Norway. He said: "I am concerned about the future for wild salmon. Fish farming should not be allowed in fjords with salmon rivers. The fish farming industry should be allowed to operate in fjords but not where wild salmon are present in local rivers." His remarks have been welcomed by the managers of wild salmon rivers who have maintained for 20 years that intensively-reared fish cause fatal environmental damage in sea-lochs both by escaping and breeding with genetically different wild fish and because of the explosion of parasites they cause.
Salmon feedlots sited in Norway’s once-legendary wild Atlantic salmon and Sea trout migration routes
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