Norway's fisheries minister Per Sandberg told Reuters that the country's leading salmon farmers had not applied for permission to increase the maximum allowed volume of fish (biomass) in the sea by up to 5 pct
The ministry had earlier invited companies to apply for such an increase
The cost had been set at 1.5 million Norwegian crowns ($180,085.00) per permit, which each hold between 780 and 945 tonnes of salmon
The deadline for applying was September 1
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