Norway

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian aquaculture continues to top the charts of the Coller FAIRR Index, which ranks the world’s most sustainable animal protein producers.

13th December 2022

Norway tops sustainable protein production

13th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Trilateral fisheries negotiations between the United Kingdom, Norway and EU have concluded with the UK fleet securing catch limits worth £202 million next year. This value represents a £33 million increase from 2022.

12th December 2022

UK nets more quotas

12th December 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

With the understanding that good lighting can stimulate growth and keep farmed salmon healthy, Philips aquaculture LED lighting has been installed at Havlandet’s newly-built, land-based recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) pilot plant in…

29th November 2022

Illuminating RAS pilot

29th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Low-impact precision seabed harvester Arctic Pearl is ready to set course for the Barents Sea and the reopening of the Arctic scallop fishery for the first time in 30 years.

28th November 2022

Scallop project launched

28th November 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norwegian canned seafood brand King Oscar celebrates the milestone of its 120th anniversary on 29 November 2022.

24th November 2022

120 years for King Oscar

24th November 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Norwegian-headquartered farmed salmon group SalMar ASA has sent notice of layoffs to 851 employees at its processing facilities in Frøya and Senja, with the government’s proposed new salmon tax cited as the main…

14th November 2022

SalMar lays off 851

14th November 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution ASA has confirmed that it successfully completed the first harvest from its first batch of fish on 7 November 2022.

8th November 2022

Salmon Evolution – first fish

8th November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The merger between salmon farming companies SalMar ASA and Norway Royal Salmon ASA (NRS) has been finalised.

8th November 2022

SalMar-NRS merger done

8th November 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Land-based salmon farming company Gigante Salmon Rødøy AS has entered into an agreement to purchase intake pumps from Xylem Water Solutions Norge AS.

8th November 2022

Gigante contract for Xylem

8th November 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Andfjord Salmon AS has confirmed the average weight of the salmon in its first pool at its Kvalnessite, on the island of Andøya, has now reached 1kg.

1st November 2022

Andfjord’s fish reach 1kg

1st November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

SalMar ASA’s proposed share buyout of NTS ASA and also its merger with Norway Royal Salmon ASA (NRS) have received clearance from the European Commission, with the EU executive finding the deals…

1st November 2022

Salmon merger approval

1st November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has proposed next year’s catch limits for fish stocks in the EU waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat and Skagerrak, as well as deepsea stocks for 2023 and 2024,…

1st November 2022

Atlantic quotas proposed

1st November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

In spite of the ongoing sanctions that are in place due to the conflict in Ukraine, Norway and Russia have reached an agreement on joint-fishing opportunities for 2023, with the online negotiations…

27th October 2022

2023 cod quota cut

27th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Norway is to restrict access to its ports for Russian fishing vessels in order to prevent them from circumventing the sanctions placed on Moscow due to the conflict in Ukraine, the country’s…

7th October 2022

Norway curbs Russia access

7th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following its announcement on 3 October that it would freeze investments in Norway if the country introduces a proposed 40% resource rent tax on aquaculture, salmon producer Cermaq has ended its NOK…

6th October 2022

Cermaq terminates permits

6th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cermaq has announced it will freeze investments in Norway as a consequence of the country’s proposed resource rent tax.

4th October 2022

​Cermaq freezes investments

4th October 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution ASA has confirmed the strong biological performance that it saw in the second-quarter of this year has continued for the remainder of Q3 and that it should…

4th October 2022

Salmon Evolution harvest

4th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Faroese government has presented a proposal that seeks to adjust its revenue tax on the salmon farming industry from next year. 

4th October 2022

Faroes to revise salmon tax

4th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Government of Norway has proposed to introduce a new resource rent tax on aquaculture with effect from 1 January 2023.

29th September 2022

New salmon tax plans

29th September 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The value of Norwegian seafood exports has never been higher in a single month than in August 2022.

6th September 2022

Norwegian export record

6th September 2022