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

Three Year Study on Toxaphene in Fish Feed
NORWAY - Toxaphene is a pesticide that may be present in fish meal and fish oil. Along with several other research institutions, the National Institute of Nutrition...

VHS Virus Infects Fish via Their Gills
NORWAY - Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) is a highly contagious disease of rainbow trout in fresh water, causing great economic loss in the European trout farming...

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...

Study Sees Problems for Farmed Salmon Vaccines
NORWAY - A Norwegian study recently looked at the effects of vaccine-induced autoimmunity in farmed salmon and found that inherent problems may significantly effect...

Norwegian Feed Report Monitors Fish Safety
NORWAY - Feed and feed raw materials may contain undesirable substances, which again may be transferred to the fish. Therefore, the feed surveillance programme contributes...

Dangerous Bacteria Present in Norwegian Seawater
NORWAY - While working on her doctorate, Anette Bauer Ellingsen discovered potentially disease-causing vibrios (Vibrio cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus)...

Tiny Pest Causes Big Problems for Norway
NORWAY - Norway has a new pest. Tiny creatures - growing rapidly on seacage netting - are causing serious problems for fish farmers.

Study Examines Purity of Norwegian Shellfish
NORWAY - The level of undesirable substances and microorganisms in shellfish from Norwegian waters was examined by the National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood...

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...

Fry Production: Getting the Salt Content Right
NORWAY - Fresh research shows it is best to be careful with the use of salt in fry production, whilst earlier studies indicate that more than half of all fry...

Norway Boosts Disease Resistant Shrimp and Carp
NORWAY - New genetic technologies are being developed by Norwegian and Indian scientists to give tiger shrimp and rohu carp improved resistance against disease.

Arsenic in Blue Mussels of the Norwegian Fjords
NORWAY - The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) has measured the level of inorganic arsenic in farmed blue mussels from Norwegian fjords....