I will be blunt. In a few years Norwegian Atlantic salmon will be a thing of the past. The reason is simply that we produce far more farmed salmon than the Eco-systems in our fjords can hold. The result is that farmed salmon is spreading paracites like salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) to both salmon and trout in such numbers that the smolt never reaches the open sea, and thus never returns to spawn.

The result are clear. This years salmon season has been branded a catastrophe in the Norwegian sport fishing community. For the 2010 season salmon rivers in entire counties will probably be closed next year as the number of fish ready to spawn in some rivers are down to a hand full.