Each winter when it’s at its darkest and coldest up north in the Barents Sea, spawning cod collect in shoals, sear
ching for their place to spawn, the majority choosing Lofoten as their spawning area, hence the name “Lofoten Cod”. Fisheries gather to net the fish and collect the eggs.
Entrepreneurs began raising the popular cod, trout and salmon in indoor enclosures that have spawned a new industry called “Aquaculture”.
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Aquaculture is not a newcomer in Norway. The industry dates back to 1850 with the first brown trout ( Salmo trutta) were hatched. By around 1900, rainbow trout were imported from Denmark and the first attempts at pond-culture were initiated. Today, salmon and rainbow trout farming has developed into a major business along the majority of the coast of Norway and the demand has increased.
Since World War II, the supply of wild-caught fisheries could no longer meet demand and the birth of farming fish in lakes, rivers and at sea seemed to be the solution.In 2011, Norway had its greatest salmon export season. More than 840,000 tons were sold on the world markets and, according to NRK reports, the demand continues to rise.
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While Norway’s fish farming is currently considered a “healthy” business, keeping the growing fish in pens poses some health problems. A parasite known as “sea lice” can infest an entire pen of growing fish, and critics feel that infected fish escape their open-water pens in violent storms, intermingling with free-water fish, and spreading the disease. This parasite may pose a problem to fish in both inside and outside cages.
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er these critics and control the health of the fisheries, the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal affairs, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, asked the government to introduce two important measures that will better avoid sea lice infestations. She announced the pilot scheme that will come into effect in May of 2012. The industry and authorities have demonstrated that plans already in effect are showing promise in controlling the parasite. One solution to the problem has 
been to allow the newly hatched young fish to grow larger in indoor-pens before being taking out to their in-lake pens that have a new maximum allowed 20,000 fish per cage.
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Now, if you might be one who wishes to cast a line and snag your own big one, coast and deep sea fishing is good all along the Norwegian coast, but Lofoten seems to be the place to go. Cod, mackerel and coalfish can be caught almost everywhere along the coast. Trout and pike fishing is good in lakes, and there are excellent salmon rivers.
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Imagine what you might find on the end of your line while casting into a Norwegian fjord!
er these critics and control the health of the fisheries, the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal affairs, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, asked the government to introduce two important measures that will better avoid sea lice infestations. She announced the pilot scheme that will come into effect in May of 2012. The industry and authorities have demonstrated that plans already in effect are showing promise in controlling the parasite. One solution to the problem has 
been to allow the newly hatched young fish to grow larger in indoor-pens before being taking out to their in-lake pens that have a new maximum allowed 20,000 fish per cage.
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Now, if you might be one who wishes to cast a line and snag your own big one, coast and deep sea fishing is good all along the Norwegian coast, but Lofoten seems to be the place to go. Cod, mackerel and coalfish can be caught almost everywhere along the coast. Trout and pike fishing is good in lakes, and there are excellent salmon rivers.
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Imagine what you might find on the end of your line while casting into a Norwegian fjord!
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