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In Norway, Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., are found in rivers along the coast from the border with the USSR southward to the border with Sweden. In recent years, several salmon populations have been wiped out by pollution, particularly in southern Norway where several important rivers now lack salmon because of the effects of acidification of the water (Jensen and Snekvik, 1972; Leivestad, Hendrey, Muniz and Snekvik, 1976). Another threat to several salmon populations in Norway is the very recent introduction of the fluke Gyrodactylus salaris to several rivers. This parasite kills salmon parr, and at present the estimated loss of salmon due to G. salaris is between 250 and 350 tonnes of salmon (Johnsen and Jensen, 1985).
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Hansen, L.P. (1988). Status of Exploitation of Atlantic Salmon in Norway. In: Mills, D., Piggins, D. (eds) Atlantic Salmon. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1235-9_8
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