Salmon campaigner lands top award (BBC)

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An Icelandic businessman's fight to save Atlantic wild salmon from being wiped out by overfishing has been awarded a top environmental prize.

Orri Vigfusson, 64, won a Goldman Environmental Prize for his efforts, which have led to a resurgence in salmon numbers in the North Atlantic.

He founded an organisation that buys fishermen's netting rights in areas along the migration route of the fish.

The award is described as "the Nobel Prize for grassroots environmentalism".

Mr Vigfusson and five other winners will receive their awards on Monday at a ceremony in San Francisco.
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