Norway

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Designed to inspire and inform, Norway’s new forum for innovation in sustainable seafood production has been unveiled in the middle of the country’s Hardanger fjord.

6th September 2022

Salmon Eye unveiled

6th September 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

By turning off a special gene with the CRISPR method, researchers at the Institute of Marine Research in Norway created the world’s first salmon without reproductive cells with the overriding purpose to…

10th August 2022

GM salmon evaluated

10th August 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Some NOK 11.6 billion worth of fisheries and aquaculture products were exported by Norway to overseas markets last month – the best July on record, confirms the latest figures from the Norwegian…

9th August 2022

Norwegian export growth

9th August 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian cod-farming company Norcod AS has received permission for a new production site in the Nesna municipality, in Nordland county.

6th July 2022

Norcod farm approved

6th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European fishing industry bodies have again called for EU action against Norway and the Faroe Islands after the two Northeast Atlantic coastal states unilaterally set “unacceptable” mackerel quotas.

27th June 2022

Mackerel quota outrage

27th June 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Portugal-based international food industry group Jerónimo Martins has confirmed it is to invest NOK 173.9 million in Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Andfjord Salmon.

22nd June 2022

Major investor for Andfjord

22nd June 2022

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Genetics in aquaculture and fisheries offers new approaches to tackling key challenges and improving our understanding of the interactions between genes and the environment

8th June 2022

Genetics – the new frontier

8th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

SalMar ASA has entered into a deal that will see it buy and merge with fellow salmon farming company Norway Royal Salmon ASA (NRS).

30th May 2022

SalMar buys NRS

30th May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Six producers and sellers of Norwegian salmon, alongside some of their subsidiaries, have reached a US$ 85 million settlement in a class action in the United States over claims of anti-competitive behaviour.

26th May 2022

$85m salmon settlement

26th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Norway and the EU have reached a new political understanding with relation to the fisheries in the Northeast Arctic, in ICES subareas 1 and 2, the European Commission has confirmed.

2nd May 2022

EU, Norway agreement

2nd May 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A global net supplier has been awarded a global sustainability standard

29th March 2022

Egersund nets sustainability standard

29th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian cod farming company Statt Torsk ASA is to adapt its harvest strategy, with the move accelerating its year-round deliveries of farmed cod.

29th March 2022

Cod farmer quickens plans

29th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution ASA has confirmed that on 26 March 2022 it successfully completed the first smolt release at its new facility at Indre Harøy.

28th March 2022

Salmon Evolution first smolt

28th March 2022

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Urchinomics, a Norwegian sea urchin ranching operation has been formally endorsed by the United Nations as an Ocean Decade action, one of only three commercial ventures worldwide to be selected

21st March 2022

Pioneering urchin farming

21st March 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Norwegian cod farming company Purecod AS has received a permit to farm Atlantic cod in closed pens in Røneset, Storfjorden, with the County Municipality of Møre and Romsdal granting a maximum standing biomass allowance…

15th March 2022

First cod farming permit

15th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Norwegian seafood exports have risen by 26% over the same time last year

8th February 2022

Norwegian exports rise

8th February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Salmon Evolution AS has entered into a Heads of Terms with Artec Aqua for the planning of the phase 2 build-out at its Indre Harøy facility on the…

8th February 2022

Salmon Evolution phase 2

8th February 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Alf-Gøran Knutsen, CEO of Norwegian salmon farming company Kvarøy Fiskeoppdrett AS and Kvarøy Arctic, has joined Arctic Seafarm Holding AS as chairman of the board, the two companies have confirmed. At the…

22nd December 2021

Arctic Seafarm gets government green light, Kvarøy CEO joins the board

22nd December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Negotiating as an independent coastal state, the United Kingdom has reached an agreement with Norway on fisheries access and quotas for 2022 through which both parties will permit some access to each…

22nd December 2021

UK, Norway agree fishing deal for 2022

22nd December 2021

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

NOK 45 million (US$ 5 million) has been committed to the International Fund for Agricultural Fund (IFAD) by the Norwegian Agency of Development Cooperation (Norad) to increase the incomes and build the…

22nd December 2021

Norway commits millions to lift aquaculture communities out of poverty, lower malnutrition

22nd December 2021