NEW PORTAL SHEDS LIGHT ON NORWEGIAN SALMON FARMING

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The impacts of salmon farming - on land and at sea - are being highlighted thanks to a new sustainability web portal in Norway, reports Bonnie Waycott.In 2014, FAO statistics showed that aquaculture had ' surpassed global capture fisheries production. As the world's fastest growing food sector, aquaculture provides just over 50% of the fish supply for human consumption today. The FAO now predicts thatby 2050, the world's population will reach 9.7 billion, with the need for protein expected to grow by 40%. At the same time, however, the actual demand for protein is expected to double. Fish, in particular farmed salmon, is seen as one way of meeting this demand.