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This is GROUND-BREAKING Norway is saying that their salmon farming farming industry needs to move onto land for its OWN good. OK - sounds good lets make this happen and thank you to all the Norwegian fishermen who have not let the industry get away with the escape of up to a million farmed salmon and steelhead into Norwegian fjords. They have caused this conversation from Norway.
- Norway must get facilities on land
- Norway risk being ousted as farming nation if it does not open up for more farming land, according to the Directorate of Fisheries.
Nova Sea at Lovund - Fisheries proposes in the report to give deregulation of free licenses of salmon, trout and rainbow trout on land. - Photo: Nova Sea /
Fisheries proposes in the report to give deregulation of free licenses of salmon, trout and rainbow trout on land.
Photo: Nova Sea
Journalist Øystein Nygård oysteinnygard
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Published 01.30.2015, at. 13.09
The conclusion can be read in the new report "salmon on land" .
Fisheries proposes in the report to give deregulation of free licenses of salmon, trout and rainbow trout on land.
Like the sea sites, paying onshore today a fee of up to 70 million. This fee believes Directorate onshore facilities will be spared.
12 plants worldwide
Jens Christian Holm fisheries directorate - Jens Christian Holm Fisheries. - Photo: Øystein Nygård / NRK
Jens Christian Holm Fisheries.
Photo: Øystein Nygård / NRK
Jens Christian Holm Affairs presented the report at a conference in Bodø. He thinks Norwegian farmers have no choice.
- I do not think we should put us on a pedestal and believe this will not happen if Norway will not.
Frislippet of licenses shall be treated in Parliament in the spring. Fears in the industry has been that this will lead to the traditional Norwegian aquaculture becomes uncompetitive. Today Norway great competitive advantages thanks to a long and protected coastline. The advantage disappears if the plants harbors on land.
Today there are 12 onshore in the world, most in the United States and Canada, two in Denmark. China, Poland and France also tried themselves.
- Good tool against lice
Holm Fisheries believes Norwegian breeders must be farsighted.
- There is worse to be outdone by foreign companies that get delivered technology from abroad. It is after all better about Norwegian breeders are leading and delivering technology, he says.
- Greater risk
The industry itself is also not averse to trying, says Jon Arne Grøttum Director in Norwegian Seafood Federation.
- But to try out onshore plants involves huge risk and large investments. We want to facilitate those who dare to take the risk, says Grøttum.
- Is this realistic to achieve?
- The general attitude in the industry is that this is a demanding task to get a good economy. Although, I think that it will be of greatest interest to extend juvenile phase, but a few are already trying today to bring an entire production cycle on land.
- Will this destroy Norway's competitive advantage?
- Whatever we do in Norway, we can not stop technology trend towards onshore plants in the world. When should we build competence in Norway.