Mot strømmen - against the current

Salmon is one of the most widely consumed food fish in the world. Behind this familiar product lies one of the most complex production chains in the global food industry — and the people who make it work remain largely invisible. This portrait was made inside a fish processing plant in Bremerhaven, Germany, as part of *Mot Strømmen*, an ongoing long-term documentary project following salmon from Norwegian breeding facilities and open sea farms through slaughterhouses, processing plants, and biotechnology laboratories. The project focuses on the people and places along this chain, the workers, technicians, fishermen, and scientists whose daily lives are shaped by this single fish. Most workers in facilities like this across Europe are migrants, employed in low-wage jobs that keep the global food system running while remaining largely out of sight.