Cod with Personal Identity Numbers
NORWAY - There is a big baptism party at the Norwegian Cod Breeding Centre in Tromsø this autumn as 30,000 cod juveniles receive their own personal identity num...

Norwegian Team Completes Cod Genome
NORWAY - Researchers have performed de novo sequencing and assembly of the Atlantic cod genome in order to identify genes and genetic variations underlying important...

WWF Concerned over NAFO Agreement
GLOBAL - The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has expressed its concerns that the recent Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) agreement did not go further to...

Nofima to Focus on Capture-Based Aquaculture
NORWAY - Nofima is to set up a Centre of Excellence for capture-based aquaculture in Tromsø.

Codfarmers ASA Sells 78,047 New Shares
NORWAY - Norwegian aquaculture company Codfarmers ASA said Monday a total 78,047 shares were sold in its rights issue.

Conservationists Concerned over Cod Farming
NORWAY - Conservationists are concerned at the growth of European cod farming following new figures released last week.

Cod Larvae Strive on Partially Digested Proteins
NORWAY - Farmed cod and halibut larvae require live feed the first days after hatching before they can eat dry feed. This is a vulnerable period for the larvae....

The Shelf Life of Cod: Farmed and Wild
NORWAY - Does fillet from farmed cod and wild cod have different shelf life in iced storage when filleted pre-rigor? This has been assessed in a report by Nofima...

Pollution Disturbs Norwegian Cod Hormone Balance
NORWAY - New research shows that environmental pollutants in Store Lungegårdsvann in Bergen affect gene expression involved in detoxification mechanisms and hormone...

An End to Cod Farming in Norwegian Fjord
NORWAY - The Norwegian Directorate for Fisheries has ruled that they will end cod-farming in the Trondheim fjord in case it jeopardises important wild salmon...

New Disease Identified in Cod
NORWAY - Farmed cod have recently been hit by a serious disease caused by an unknown bacterium. In his doctorate, Jarle Mikalsen contributed to the identification...

Artificial Bagged Bait Gives More Haddock
NORWAY - Provisional results from trials of new bagged longline bait are extremely promising. Two types of bagged bait containing pulverised mackerel have been tested...

Quick Growing Cod: a Step Towards Farms
NORWAY - In just one year, the cod at the National Cod Breeding Centre are already five months ahead of their fellow species from the previous year.

The Holy Aquaculture Grail: Farmed Atlantic Cod
BODØ, NORWAY - A millionaire dot-com executive turned fishing entrepreneur is pursuing the holy grail of industrial aquaculture -- the Atlantic cod.