Marine Harvest CEO Alf-Helge Aarskog said moving salmon farming on land is a hopeless strategy.

“It's as ridiculous as saying pig farming should happen at sea,” he said in an interview with the Norwegian daily Bergens Tidene (BT).

“Moving everything on shore is a hopeless strategy, in terms of area, economics and the environment. Many talk about moving salmon farming ashore, but no one’s saying pig farming should happen at sea. Fish should grow up in their natural environment,”Aarskog told BT.

Marine Harvest will continue to focus on the plans it has made over the past year, and complete the construction of the feed factory at Bjugn.

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