Norway

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

It’s only a few years since the owners of Kvitholmen took delivery of a new seiner – and now that vessel has been replaced with a new one from the same builder.

5th April 2023

Kvitholmen scales up

5th April 2023

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Cermaq, BioSort and Scale AQ’s third version of iFarm has been installed in Norway. This small step could become a giant leap for salmon farming if the technology proves successful.

3rd April 2023

High hopes as iFarm Version 3 gets underway

3rd April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A bill proposing a resource rent tax on Norwegian aquaculture has been presented by government to parliament (Stortinget) for approval. The government’s new proposal remains similar to its initial proposition made in…

28th March 2023

Norway changes salmon farming tax proposal

28th March 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Bluefront Equity-owned ozone and oxygen specialist Redox AS has entered into a cooperation with Swedish company Anolytech to develop new solutions for the optimisation of water quality and hygiene for the aquaculture…

24th March 2023

New Norwegian-Swedish biosecurity cooperation

24th March 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

As well as being the world’s biggest seafood market, the European Union is also one of its leading processing regions, with a large proportion of an estimated 10.1 million tonnes of raw…

23rd March 2023

‘Give us fish’

23rd March 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Industrial technology group Nekkar ASA has bought fellow Norwegian company Techano Group to strengthen its presence within the aquaculture and renewables sectors.

23rd March 2023

Nekkar strengthens its aquaculture offering

23rd March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The EU and Norway have signed three bilateral agreements including quota setting in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, the exchanges of quotas between the two parties, and reciprocal access to waters for fishers. 

20th March 2023

EU, Norway agree new fisheries deals

20th March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

More needs to be done to promote seafood as a healthy, cost-effective protein capable of meeting a growing population’s nutritional needs.

2nd March 2023

Norway and UK team up to promote seafood

2nd March 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Lerøy Seafood Group has enjoyed a record 2022 with revenues of NOK26.6 billion (€2.4 billion) thanks to high prices and strong demand for seafood.

22nd February 2023

High demand boosts Lerøy

22nd February 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Start-up seaweed producer Foller Alger and salmon producer Cermaq have teamed up to test a new combined sea site for salmon and kelp in Steigen in Nordland, Norway.

22nd February 2023

First salmon-kelp farm

22nd February 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farmer Mowi ASA recorded best-ever fourth-quarter revenues of €1.36 billion for the closing three months of 2022. The Bergen, Norway-headquartered company’s operational Q4 profit was €239 million, compared with €146 million in the corresponding quarter of 2021.

15th February 2023

Mowi ends ’22 on a high

15th February 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway exported NOK 12.7 billion worth of seafood in January, up by 23% on the year, largely helped by the price growth in exports.

7th February 2023

Prices fuel Norways exports

7th February 2023

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has signed a contract with Leinebris AS to build the Norwegian fishing company’s new longliner factory fishing vessel.

3rd February 2023

Longliner order for Tersan

3rd February 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norway’s Seaweed Solutions AS has secured NOK 46 million in new funding from a number of private investors as well as World Wildlife Fund (WWF-US) – putting the company in a position to…

18th January 2023

Seaweed firm eyes growth

18th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway exported 2.9 million tonnes of seafood to a value of NOK 151.4 billion last year, a new record according to the the Norwegian Seafood Council.

10th January 2023

Best year yet for Norway

10th January 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Aquaculture and fishing technology provider Optimar AS has been ranked number one in the selection process for the Fish ID project, a collaboration between the Norwegian Directory of Fisheries and key industry…

4th January 2023

Optimar earns top ranking

4th January 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Norwegian salmon producer Cermaq has stocked the third version of its iFarm, a project that’s aiming to improve the health and welfare of the fish in the net pens with the help…

16th December 2022

iFarm 3 salmon stocking

16th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU negotiators have reached agreements with Northeast Atlantic coastal states, as well as with the UK and Norway on the shared management of key stocks in 2023, the European Commission has confirmed.

15th December 2022

NEA 2023 catch deal

15th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Ireland’s fishing industry has welcomed a commitment from Minister for the Marine Charlie McConalogue to protect access to the country’s rich blue whiting fishing grounds, with him stating this week that he…

14th December 2022

Irish blue whiting boost

14th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Next year’s fishing opportunities for the fish stocks exclusively managed by the EU in the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, including deepsea stocks for 2023 and 2024, have been agreed by the…

14th December 2022

2023 EU catches adopted

14th December 2022