
GMO anxiety does not merely cost the aquaculture industry billions of Norwegian kroner; it also harms the lives and health of salmon. To prevent avoidable suffering, industry leaders and policymakers must act quickly.

Norway has a moral blind zone underwater. Annually, 200 million farmed salmon die before slaughter, and behind the figure lurks even more lives. Albert Didriksen and Aksel Braanen Sterri from the Norwegian think-tank Langsikt describe ethical challenges in salmon farming.

Here, Long-Term follows its consultation input to Meld. St. 24 on the Future of Aquaculture, where we support the proposal for a loss tax for farmed fish.
