The number of wild Atlantic salmon in the world as a whole has decreased dramatically in the past 20 years as a result of climate change and an increase in parasites like sea lice. These invaders threaten the country’s natural salmon population if they breed since they can carry pesticides and organic waste with them. Like a scene from Piranha, the foreign fish - industrially farmed salmon that companies bred in open-net pens - escaped enclosures in Iceland’s western fjords and entered the country’s rivers at various points in the past few months. Björk feels furious when she thinks about the thousands of what she calls “Frankenstein fish” swimming through Iceland’s rivers in the past year.
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