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Norway’s new strategy to grow its aquaculture industry

The Government of Norway has announced a new aquaculture strategy, ‘A Sea of Opportunities’, to simplify the country’s entire licensing system.

A Sea of Opportunities provides a blueprint for Norway’s aquaculture industry for the next 10 to 15 years. The plan’s message was clear: growth will come, but it must happen sustainably.

With this new plan, the government looks to establish a committee who will review the licensing regulations for the whole aquaculture industry, while exploring how they can be adapted to meet today’s, as well as tomorrow’s challenges in an efficient and coordinated way. By 2050, Norway plans to produce five million metric tons of salmon and trout per year, which is almost five times the current volume…

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