Aquaculture is an increasingly valuable industry in Norway, which has been rearing salmon since the 1960s. The country continues to put money into developing the industry. At a scientific workshop last October in Rhode Island, Linda Kling noticed to an embarrassing degree the contrast between the support given to aquaculture in Norway and the United States. The Canadian government, too, is ready to invest. Norway's commitment to aquaculture research is evident in its experimental program on rearing cod to replenish the sea.
Maine shows ambition But what Maine lacks in money, it seems to make up in ambition.
In 1995, Kling visited Norway for a crash course in raising cod. Since then, she's discovered that some of what Norway pioneered works in Maine, and some of it does not. For example, their scientific papers cautioned that cod larvae are fragile, and should be kept in still waters. Kling followed the lead of her peers the first year she tried to raise cod, in 1995. The fish died en masse.