Author: Robert Outram

Opposition is growing in the salmon industry to the Norwegian government’s revision of the “traffic light system” that sets the rules under which aquaculture development is permitted. The chief executives of both Mowi and Leroy Seafoods, Ivan Vindheim and Henning Beltestad, respectively, have come out publicly against the proposals. They say the new plan will do nothing to create investment or increase jobs on the coast. However, the government disagrees, saying the reformed system will lead to more value creation and improved export earnings. The revised system is based on scientific modeling of how sea lice populations affect wild salmon.…