27.02.2013

You will find their salmon for sale in China, the Persian Gulf, Russia, the EU and, more or less, all over the globe. The story about the salmon trading and processing company, Sekkingstad AS, is a story about how 500 Norw...

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06.09.2012

The total quota for North-East Arctic cod in 2012 is set at 751,000 tonnes. This is an increase of 48,000 tonnes on 2011. The increase in quota is very much a result of the Russian-Norwegian joint management of the stocks ...

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06.07.2012

The Norwegian Seafood Federation launched a new environmental promise last year to strengthen the aquaculture industry’s efforts against fish escapes and sea lice. Among the 12 bold measures is a unique proposal to establi...

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24.06.2012

Norwegians eats less fish than meat despite its ranking as the world’s second largest seafood exporter. The Norwegian Seafood Council is implementing new tactics to persuade Norway, its largest market, and other countries ...

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15.06.2012

Norway and Russia have been cooperating on fisheries research in the Barents Sea for more than 50 years. The latest agreement between the two countries’ research institutes IMR and PINRO will provide even more impetus to e...

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11.06.2012

It was another good year for Norwegian seafood export despite the economic crisis that rocked its major markets. Last year, the Nordic nation sold NOK 53 billion in traditional and farmed fish to 129 countries with most of...

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02.12.2011

The frigid waters off northern Norway provide the perfect environment for marine bio prospecting and biotechnology research of microorganisms, plant and animal cells. Among the recent developments have been the building of...

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13.09.2011

This year’s European Seafood Exposition and Seafood Processing Europe at the beginning of May is proof that the worldwide seafood industry is back on the right track. At what is the world’s largest seafood gathering there ...

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08.04.2011

In the 1970s, Japan did not import a single piece of fish and it did not use salmon for sushi. That all started to change in the 1980s after a Norwegian seafood delegation visited the Asian country and Project Japan was fo...

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04.04.2011

For the seventh consecutive year, Norway has set new records in seafood exports. The country sold an unprecedented NOK 53.8 billion worth of fish and shellfish abroad in 2010. The numbers reveal the growing importance of C...

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