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In Norway, Parliament has just adopted a new tax targeting salmon producers. Elected officials believe that these breeders use public space, the fjords, and that they should pay a contribution, like the groups that exploit Norwegian oil or gas.
The battle over a new profits tax pits the Norwegian government against salmon producers. A few hundred meters from the shore, huge nets filled with salmon, of which there are thousands in the country. “This is the oil of tomorrow: food“, confides Simon Nesse Okland, communications manager at Bremnes Seashore.
A surcharge
In 2022, the company made a profit of more than 20 million euros. She pays corporate tax of 22% on it, and will pay a 25% surcharge this year. According to the government, these producers enrich themselves thanks to water from fjords or seas, which belong to the entire nation. The oil, gas and offshore wind sectors already pay this surcharge for the same reasons. Salmon producers are on a roll. Simon Nesse Okland particularly protests against being “the only food producer to pay the tax“.