April 3, 2023 USTFA

Aquaculture set to meet popular culture in Netflix series

Netflix is to feature a new drama about the trials of life on a Norwegian fish farm, the TV media giant has confirmed.

Called Salmon Island, it will feature the rivalry  between two families engaged in salmon farming.

The company said that following their global success with Lilyhammer (a Norwegian/American gangster comedy-drama starring Steven van Zandt), creators and writers Anne Bjørnstad and Eilif Skodvin and the production company Rubicon will return to Netflix with the Norwegian drama series Salmon Island.

Bjørnstad and Skodvin said: “In Salmon Island we meet two families in a small coastal community in Norway, who are sworn enemies in the global salmon industry…

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