Norway

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Norway’s salmon industry achieved record breaking profits in 2023, overcoming challenges such as reduced production output and rising costs, with earnings per kilogram of head-on gutted (HOG) salmon increasing 15-20% to close…

4th December 2024

All-time-high earnings for Norways salmon industry

4th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission and Norway have reached an agreement on a number of outstanding issues in the area of fisheries, including a quota of Svalbard cod to the EU at the level of…

12th November 2024

Brussels, Norway agree on new cod quota

12th November 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish exported by Iceland in 2023 fell by 8% or 57,000 tonnes, with the value slipping 2% – to 685,000 tonnes and ISK 352.8 billion, according…

25th September 2024

Icelandic fish exports down in volume, value

25th September 2024

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Sævareid Fiskeanlegg AS has awarded a significant smolt facility contract to Artec Aqua AS, a fully-owned subsidiary of Endúr ASA.

11th September 2024

Artec Aqua lands Norwegian smolt contract

11th September 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway has enjoyed its best ever August for seafood exports, with a value of NOK 14.6 billion (€1.23 billion), an increase of 5% over the same month last year.

9th September 2024

Best August ever for Norway’s seafood exports

9th September 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

While longstanding seafood trade relations exist between the European Union and Norway, the European Commission must now take actions that address market distortions caused by unprecedented levels of Norwegian so-called “production” grade…

24th July 2024

EU processors being disadvantaged by Norwegian salmon loophole

24th July 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

After three years of increases, the value of Norwegian seafood exports fell in June by nearly a fifth.

3rd July 2024

Norway seafood export value plummets

3rd July 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

There had been delays to the newbuild’s delivery, due to the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine and delayed deliveries of equipment, but Kjell-Gunnar Hoddevik and business partners Johnny Årvik and Jan-Ove Langeland have…

24th June 2024

Whitefish, shrimp and crab options for new Polarbris

24th June 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK, Norway and the Faroe Islands have agreed quotas for North-East Atlantic mackerel.

19th June 2024

Trilateral deal on mackerel reached

19th June 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway has exported seafood worth NOK14 billion (€1.88 billion) in May, an increase of 8% over the same month in 2023.

6th June 2024

Norway seafood exports at all-time May high

6th June 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bergen, Norway, -headquartered Mowi ASA has reported first-quarter 2024 revenues of €1.33 billion, compared with €1.36 billion generated in the corresponding quarter of last year. Its Q1 2024 operational profit was €201…

8th May 2024

Challenging opening quarter for Mowi Norway

8th May 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood worth NOK 13.9 billion was exported by Norway last month, representing an increase of NOK 924 million or 7% compared with April 2023.

7th May 2024

Record April for Norwegian exports

7th May 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Expansion of Norwegian seafood company Vikenco’s Rindarøya processing plant capacity with tailored systems from Optimar will increase the facility’s slaughter capacity from 40,000 tonnes to 120,000 tonnes per year.

7th May 2024

Optimar tripling Vikenco’s slaughter capacity on Rindarøya

7th May 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Through a deal finalised at the Seafood Processing Global exhibition in Barcelona, processing technology supplier BAADER will outfit a new Grieg Seafood salmon facility with a state-of-the-art post-rigor fillet solution. This cutting-edge…

7th May 2024

BAADER, Grieg Seafood ink salmon processing plant deal

7th May 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

An estimated 1.08 million tonnes of aquatic organisms were farmed in the European Union in 2022, with the total production valued at €4.9 billion, according to the latest statistics from the European…

1st May 2024

EU aquaculture lingers at less than 1.1 million tonnes

1st May 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood worth NOK 40.2 billion was exported by Norway in the first-quarter of this year, representing a decrease of NOK 1.2 billion or 3%, compared with the corresponding period of 2023.

9th April 2024

Norwegian seafood exports decline for first time in three years

9th April 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

EFTA States and India have signed a landmark Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) which is expected to bring significant economic benefits, such as better-integrated and more resilient supply chains, and new…

13th March 2024

Norway’s seafood industry welcomes EFTA-India trade deal

13th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The fishing industry is urging EU member states to call out Norway for its ‘disloyal attitude’ towards EU fishing rights.

14th February 2024

EU fishers slam Norway’s ‘disloyalty’

14th February 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway exported seafood worth NOK 13.3 billion in January 2024 – an increase of NOK 640 million, or 5% on January 2023.

6th February 2024

Norwegian seafood exports still in sustained growth

6th February 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The European Commission has informed Norwegian salmon producers Cermaq, Grieg Seafood, Bremnes, Lerøy, Mowi and SalMar of its preliminary view that they breached EU antitrust rules by colluding to distort competition in…

25th January 2024

Brussels sends Statement of Objections to six salmon farming companies involved in cartel case

25th January 2024