Is farmed salmon environmentally friendly?
Is farmed salmon environmentally friendly? In the first installment of this two-part article (“Is farmed salmon safe and healthy?” we examined the practice of farming…
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35,000 tonnes salmon on a narrow road
35,000 tonnes salmon on a narrow road in Steigen On this narrow road, 35,000 tonnes of salmon is transported, annually. Steigen Business Community will spend…
Is farmed salmon safe and healthy?
Is farmed salmon safe and healthy? The next time you’re near the meat counter or looking at a seafood restaurant menu, consider ordering fish, especially…
The Royal Couple to open doors in Chile
The Royal Couple to open business doors in Chile Chile is Norway’s hardest competitor in the salmon market, but still the 100-year-old friendship between the…
Rift led to large escape of salmon in Roan
The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has imposed an extended catch of escaped farmed salmon. This after a large rift was discovered at a fish farm in the Roan municipality in Trøndelag.
½ of the seafood via a 3rd party to the UK
½ of the Norwegian seafood via a 3rd party to the UK Half of the Norwegian seafood goes via EU/EEA countries or China en route…
PhD on microalgae as salmon feed
PhD on microalgae as feed for salmon Yangyang Gong will dispute Friday, December 7th for his PhD degree at Nord University with the dissertation: «Microalgae as…
Norwegian seafood exports exceed NOK 71 billion in 2018
Norway has exported 2 million tonnes of seafood with a total value of NOK 71 billion so far this year. This represents a volume increase…
Former company of Nesvik is reported
MDG has reported the former company of Nesvik MDG has reported the former company of the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries, Harald Tom Nesvik (Progress Party),…
Strong demand drives record prices for salmon
Norway exported 165,000 tonnes of seafood with a total value of NOK 8.5 billion in May. Volumes were down by 11 per cent, while…
Norwegian women risks life in prison for smuggling in China
The Norwegian citizen arrested for smuggling salmon into China in March risks a lifetime in prison if sentenced. The woman is jailed with a…
Salmon escaped from fishery
Approximately 56,000 salmon have escaped from Marine Harvest’s plant in Nærøy, Trøndelag. There were 180,000 salmon in the cage before the escape. Marine Harvest…
Analysts predict ten years of high salmon prices
Analyst Paul T. Aandahl in the Norwegian Seafood Council has a difficult time making sure that salmon production will meet the growth in demand. …
Analysts are expecting all time record salmon catch profits
Several analysts expect records to fall when many of the salmon companies submit their quarterly reports this week. ‘We believe the second quarter will…
China still closed to Norwegian salmon
China market still closed for Norwegian salmon China hasn’t yet opened its market to Norwegian salmon, despite the political agreement on the normalisation of trade…
Algae and lice-treatment probably killed 38,000 salmon
Algae and lice-treatment believed responsible for death of 38,000 salmon Algae, in combination with hydrogen peroxide lice treatment, probably killed 38,000 fish-farm salmon at Gratanglaks…
E-mails meant for Per Sandberg to wrong recipient
Salmon lobbyist sent e-mails meant for Per Sandberg to the wrong recipient The salmon lobbyist Frode Reppe asked Minister of Fisheries, Per Sandberg and his…
Seafood exports record high in the first half
Record high seafood exports in the first two quarters Despite fall in exports of trout, herring and shellfish, Norwegian seafood exports has never been bigger….
Norwegian investors back ‘Danish’ salmon in the United States
Norwegian investors have invested hundreds of millions of kroner on a Danish company that will run salmon farming, on land, in the USA. Danish…
Search for fisherman in Orkla is resumed
The search for missing fisherman in Orkla is resumed The police and the rescue center believe the 40-year-old man who fell into the Salmon River…