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Christer Kristoffersen, a local angler, casts his line.. and catches nothing

Wild salmon is now so rare that Norway in 2021 placed it on its red list of near-endangered species

Started in the 1970s, farmed salmon has grown into a $12-billion a year industry

Trout processing in Trabzon, on the Black Sea Coast, where the industry is surging thanks to export demand

Turkey exported over 78,000 tonnes of trout raised in its Black Sea waters last year, 16 times more than in 2018

Some local fishermen say the intensive trout farming is driving away other Black Sea species

'Our fish is superior to Norwegian salmon, according to our Japanese clients,' says Ismail Kobya of Akerko