Deep within a Norwegian fjord, a dream of farming salmon sustainably : Imagine This from NPR

Farm-raised Norwegian salmon on the market in Oregon.

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Farm-raised Norwegian salmon on the market in Oregon.

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In case you devour salmon, there is a excellent probability that it comes from a salmon farm in Norway. The rustic has been farming salmon for over 50 years. The trade is touted as a key manufacturer of sustainable, low carbon footprint protein. However there are nonetheless unfavorable environmental affects. Every yr, a median of 200,000 farmed salmon get away from their open internet pens and breed with wild salmon. Interbreeding with those escaped salmon passes on vital genetic adjustments to wild salmon, adjustments that cause them to much less more likely to live on within the wild. NPR’s Rob Schmitz traveled the rustic’s west coast, visiting fishing villages and fish farms to look how the expansion of salmon farming is affecting the wild inhabitants. For sponsor-free episodes of Imagine This, join Imagine This+ by means of Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.E mail us at considerthis@npr.org.

This episode was once produced through Brianna Scott. It was once edited through Tara Neil. Our government manufacturer is Sami Yenigun.