Norway

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway exported seafood worth NOK 13.9 billion in July, representing an increase of 8% or NOK 1.1 billion compared with the corresponding month of 2024. According to the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC), this lift was mainly achieved through…

5th August 2025

Best ever July for Norway’s seafood exporters

5th August 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The latest vessel to join the Norwegian pelagic fleet is Havfisk, delivered by the Karstensen yard in Skagen on a hull fabricated by the Karstensen Shipyard Poland in Gdansk.

4th August 2025

New pelagic catcher for Ålesund operator

4th August 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Lebanon, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, recently held a technical workshop in Saida Municipality as part of the project…

4th August 2025

Lebanon looks to strengthen fisheries value chain

4th August 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

“We are very pleased to announce that Cermaq has entered into an agreement with Grieg Seafood ASA to acquire their operations in Finnmark in Norway and British Columbia and Newfoundland in Canada.…

17th July 2025

Cermaq acquires Grieg’s operations in Finnmark, British Columbia and Newfoundland

17th July 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Producing yellowtail kingfish in Denmark and Norway, Nordic Kingfish set out in 2015 to become a leader in land-based aquaculture, with its locations placed close to significant markets – and BactiQuant’s water…

9th July 2025

Transformative testing for yellowtail kingfish producer

9th July 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The first-half of 2025 was the best ever opening six months for Norwegian seafood in terms of exports, with a total 1.3 million tonnes of products sold overseas for a record of…

3rd July 2025

Record six months for Norway’s seafood exporters

3rd July 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norway has struck a cross-party deal to support sustainable aquaculture, aligning fish welfare, environmental priorities and long-term economic growth.

24th June 2025

Norway agrees sustainable aquaculture deal

24th June 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Kjetil Fyrand has moved from Pharmaq and now leads the Fish Health Department at the Norwegian food research institute, Nofima.

20th June 2025

New head appointed for Nofima’s fish health team

20th June 2025

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

The development work behind the flexible grid has been conducted by Egersund Trål and the Institute of Marine Research in a project partly funded by the Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry Research Funding…

19th June 2025

Trialling steel grid to replace flexible excluder

19th June 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists in Norway have begun examining how farmed salmon and rainbow trout perceive the light in their environment, with the aim to provide recommendations to fish farmers on the use of lighting…

17th June 2025

Norwegian research illuminates the light needs of farmed salmon

17th June 2025