Norway

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

UK fishers will continue to have access to Norwegian North Sea waters in 2024 and be able to fish for key whitefish stocks following the successful conclusion of annual fisheries negotiations between…

21st December 2023

UK, Norway agree package for continued North Sea access

21st December 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The Karstensen yard in Skagen has delivered the new pelagic trawler to Sille Marie AS, a relatively young venture between Carl Aamodt and the Salthaug family from Sogne.

21st December 2023

Sille Marie joins Norwegian enterprise

21st December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) CEO Seán O’Donoghue has given what he describes as “a guarded welcome” to the European Fisheries Council talks that concluded in Brussels on 12 December 2023.

13th December 2023

KFO: Fisheries Council outcome ‘acceptable’ to Ireland

13th December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Following three days of negotiations in Brussels, European fisheries ministers have agreed on fishing opportunities in the Atlantic, the North Sea, and in the Mediterranean and the Black Seas for 2024.

12th December 2023

2024 fishing quotas approved for EU, non-EU waters

12th December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The EU has successfully concluded agreements with the UK and Norway, and bilaterally with Norway, for fishing opportunities for next year.

11th December 2023

2024 fishing deals agreed by EU, UK and Norway

11th December 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Ålesund-based Multi Kulde Vest has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norwegian refrigeration technology company Perfect Temperature Group (PTG), part of the Nordic Climate Group.

6th December 2023

Multi Kulde Vest fully-joins PTG, Nordic Climate

6th December 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Cecilie Myrseth, Norway’s new Minister for Fisheries and Ocean Policy, has met with UK culinary institution Westminster Kingsway College to learn how its students work with and learn about sustainable seafood from…

5th December 2023

New Norwegian minister learns from UK student chefs

5th December 2023

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

A more positive production outlook is expected across the shrimp and fin-fish aquaculture sectors next year, according to the findings of the latest seafood industry survey conducted by Rabobank and the Global Seafood…

28th November 2023

Less turbulence, more optimism for aquaculture in 2024

28th November 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Two years after losing their Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, Norwegian fisheries for inshore cod and haddock have been re-certified to the sustainable fishing standard. 

16th November 2023

Norwegian cod, haddock win back sustainable certification

16th November 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

GreenFox Marine AS has had its Norwegian patent application for automatic sex sorting of farmed fish approved, with the expectation that the solution can help improve conditions for fish at hatcheries and…

7th November 2023

Patent given to farmed fish automatic sex sorter

7th November 2023