Stock endangered

In rivers, on the coast: Norway stops salmon fishing

The stock is severely endangered and a fishing ban is unavoidable. Picture: Oksebasen fish farm in Norway(Bild: AFP)

Due to a sharp decline in salmon stocks in Norway, fishing has been banned indefinitely in dozens of rivers and along parts of the coast. 

The ban applies to 33 rivers and the coast from the Swedish border up to and including the province of Trøndelag. The stock is so endangered that a ban on fishing is unavoidable.

In the more northerly provinces of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, however, salmon can still be caught.

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