Foreign Correspondent: Norway’s New Oil examines the global success story behind farmed salmon and the environmental questions now confronting one of Norway’s most lucrative exports.
The preview angle here is bigger than one industry. Salmon has become a familiar product on Australian supermarket shelves and restaurant menus, but the episode asks what that global appetite means for the fjords, rivers and communities connected to its production.
Inside Norway’s Salmon Industry
Norway is the world’s biggest salmon producer and helped turn farmed salmon into an international business. The industry has also become closely tied to Norway’s image as a clean, sustainable exporter.
Reporter Naomi Selvaratnam travels through Norway to see the industry at scale and to examine the pressures facing fish farms, wild salmon and the waterways that have helped build the country’s reputation.
A Global Appetite With Local Consequences
The episode looks at concerns around open-net farming, pollution, disease and climate change, as well as the fears of families who fish Norway’s rivers and worry about the impact on wild salmon.
By tracing how a product sold around the world is produced, Norway’s New Oil turns a familiar dinner-table ingredient into a story about sustainability, regulation and the cost of scale.
When To Watch Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent: Norway’s New Oil airs Tuesday 28 July 2026 at 8.00pm on ABC and ABC iview.
More ABC coverage is available on the TV Central ABC section. Episodes of Foreign Correspondent are available through ABC iview.
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