Norway

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

By turning off a special gene with the CRISPR method, researchers at the Institute of Marine Research in Norway created the world’s first salmon without reproductive cells with the overriding purpose to…

10th August 2022

GM salmon evaluated

10th August 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Some NOK 11.6 billion worth of fisheries and aquaculture products were exported by Norway to overseas markets last month – the best July on record, confirms the latest figures from the Norwegian…

9th August 2022

Norwegian export growth

9th August 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian cod-farming company Norcod AS has received permission for a new production site in the Nesna municipality, in Nordland county.

6th July 2022

Norcod farm approved

6th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European fishing industry bodies have again called for EU action against Norway and the Faroe Islands after the two Northeast Atlantic coastal states unilaterally set “unacceptable” mackerel quotas.

27th June 2022

Mackerel quota outrage

27th June 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Portugal-based international food industry group Jerónimo Martins has confirmed it is to invest NOK 173.9 million in Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Andfjord Salmon.

22nd June 2022

Major investor for Andfjord

22nd June 2022

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Genetics in aquaculture and fisheries offers new approaches to tackling key challenges and improving our understanding of the interactions between genes and the environment

8th June 2022

Genetics – the new frontier

8th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

SalMar ASA has entered into a deal that will see it buy and merge with fellow salmon farming company Norway Royal Salmon ASA (NRS).

30th May 2022

SalMar buys NRS

30th May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Six producers and sellers of Norwegian salmon, alongside some of their subsidiaries, have reached a US$ 85 million settlement in a class action in the United States over claims of anti-competitive behaviour.

26th May 2022

$85m salmon settlement

26th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Norway and the EU have reached a new political understanding with relation to the fisheries in the Northeast Arctic, in ICES subareas 1 and 2, the European Commission has confirmed.

2nd May 2022

EU, Norway agreement

2nd May 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A global net supplier has been awarded a global sustainability standard

29th March 2022

Egersund nets sustainability standard

29th March 2022