The Norwegian Tourist board part of Innovation Norway has complained formally to the BBC about the BBC's misleading television report on the treatment of Gyrodactylus Salaris (Gs) in Norway’s salmon rivers (Broadcast Monday 20 October/Tuesday 21 October on Television and radio). The BBC even state on their website that ‘Hundreds of Norwegian rivers are being treated with chemicals to kill off bacteria which are destroying the country's freshwater salmon stocks’. Harald Øyen, salmon fisheries consultant to Innovation Norway, was shocked and dismayed when he saw the BBC programme.
Oct 31, 2008
Norwegian Tourist board complains to the BBC
The Norwegian Tourist board part of Innovation Norway has complained formally to the BBC about the BBC's misleading television report on the treatment of Gyrodactylus Salaris (Gs) in Norway’s salmon rivers (Broadcast Monday 20 October/Tuesday 21 October on Television and radio). The BBC even state on their website that ‘Hundreds of Norwegian rivers are being treated with chemicals to kill off bacteria which are destroying the country's freshwater salmon stocks’. Harald Øyen, salmon fisheries consultant to Innovation Norway, was shocked and dismayed when he saw the BBC programme.
