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Researcher explains why you should choose whole salmon over fillets

Many salmon have been sick – often multiple times – before they are slaughtered.

Are we eating sick animals?

It depends on what you eat. If you buy salmon and chicken, the likelihood is highest that the animals are sick.

Significant genetic changes in wild salmon

A considerable amount of interbreeding between escaped farmed salmon and various wild salmon stocks has occurred. This could have serious repercussions for the salmon populations, as indicated in a new study.

58 million salmon died in Norwegian fish farms last year

In 2022, 58 million salmon died in Norwegian fish farms, an increase of one million salmon from the previous year.

Fatty acid composition in the salmon fillet can be measured in seconds

SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: Norwegian farmed salmon is a good source of the healthy fatty acids, found in fatty fish.

Electric fence against salmon lice

An electric fence keeps the salmon healthy. But we will never find a lasting solution to salmon lice, says one researcher.

Government report raises fish-farm alarm: "Things are not going well for the Norwegian farmed salmon"

Last year, 54 million salmon died in Norwegian fish farms in the sea.

Controversial CRISPR-method used to make farmed salmon sterile

Gene editing using CRISPR is much debated globally but used in several projects in Norway. “This is not a single method”, says researcher Dorothy Dankel, comparing its diversity to surgery.

Norwegian salmon is a huge success story – but could it get even bigger?

The salmon industry creates thousands of jobs along the coast. Its export value is twice that of all other Norwegian fish combined. Could more unique products add even more value?

Snorkeling rivers to count escaped farmed salmon

SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: Mission: Find out how many farmed salmon have escaped into the wild, threatening populations of wild salmon. Scientific method: Snorkeling.

Feeding the future’s farmed salmon

One of the biggest critiques of farmed salmon is that their feed is made from raw materials that could be eaten by humans. Norwegian scientists are working to make fish food from trees and leftovers from the food industry.

How scientists discovered salmon that need less food to grow

Norwegian researchers have identified young salmon that can be farmed using less feed than their not-as-efficient brethren.

Wild salmon can adapt to climate change

Atlantic salmon are more capable of withstanding temperature changes than scientists had thought.