The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries also reported clarification on the escape last August of farmed cod from a site operated by Ode, which eventually amounted to 3,000 fish.
The Icelandic Environmental Fund of Aquaculture adds almost three-quarters of a million euros to the 2024 call, which already exceeded EUR 1 million in funding.
Approximately 1,200 farmed salmon have already been recaptured but Norway's Directorate of Fisheries ordered Lerøy Midt Sjø to extend recapture efforts in Hitra for another week.