Norwegian aquaculture firms fined after mass fish deaths in botched treatment

Salmon farmer and wellboat operators take hefty hit after thousands of salmon died during a freshwater treatment in water described as “brown as beer.”

The wellboat Gaso Viking and the shipping company Froy are being fined after treating sick salmon at Flesa last fall. Here the boat is photographed in a different context at Kristiansund.
The wellboat Gaso Viking and the shipping company Froy are being fined after treating sick salmon at Flesa last fall. Here the boat is photographed in a different context at Kristiansund.Photo: Jogvan H. Gardar
Published 12 August 2025, 03:01Updated 12 August 2025, 06:24
Froy GroupFarmed salmonamoebic gill disease (AGD)WellboatsNorwegian Food Safety Authority