Employment fall in Norway's whitefish industry
NORWAY - New figures from Fiskeriforskning show that employment in the whitefish industry in Norway has reduced by 45 % over the past decade. with the industry in the north being hardest hit.

New fish farm merger
NORWAY - The boards of Grieg Seafood AS and Volden Group have agreed to merge, forming Norway's third largest fish farming company, under the name Grieg Seafood AS. The new company will base its main activities in Rogaland, Finnmark and Canada,...

More farms – more disease?
NORWAY - New farmed species are heading full speed ahead into the Norwegian aquaculture industry. More farms are making it cramped for space along the coast, and this is increasing the danger for spreading disease amongst the different fish species.

Bacterial protein meal may reduce the need for fish meal
NORWAY - Bacterial protein meal (BPM) shows great potential as a raw ingredient in fish feed, and it has characteristics that can make us less reliant on fish meal in the production of feed for the aquaculture industry. These are the conclusions drawn...

Winter ulcer – now also in fry
NORWAY - Winter ulcer is a bacterial disease that has caused the salmon industry rather large losses. Now there are reports about an increasing tendency in fry hatcheries. Results indicate that adding of seawater to the hatcheries is one of the cause...

Autumn smolts utilise astaxanthin better than spring smolts
NORWAY - Trine Ytrestřyl of AKVAFORSK recently defended her doctoral dissertation entitled "Factors affecting utilisation of carotenoids in salmonid fishes".

Prince stresses global importance of aquaculture
NORWAY - The importance of aquaculture for rural and developing economies was underlined today by Norway's Crown Prince. Speaking at AquaVision 2006 in Stavanger, Crown Prince Haakon said that aquaculture offers a means of providing people...

How much is enough?
NORWAY - Normally, juvenile salmon grow up in fresh water, but in today's salmon smolt production, increasingly more seawater is used. The scientists have now proven that use of seawater before the salmon smolt is ready for it can be detrimental....

Consumer Expectations Must Be Met By Aquaculture Industry
NORWAY - Norway's Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Helga Pedersen, has urged the Aquaculture industry to ensure that consumers expectations are met in terms of their products taste and quality, whilst highlighting the governments responsibility...

Chilean Minister to Speak at AquaVision 2006
NORWAY - Chilean authorities have confirmed that their highest ranking fisheries official, Subsecretario de Pesca Carlos Hernández, has accepted an invitation to speak at AquaVision 2006.

Further Cooperation Vital For Irish-Norweigan Aquaculture
NORWAY - Norway's Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Helga Pedersen, has called for further co-operation with Ireland on aquaculture education and research.

Russian seafood ban off
NORWAY - The threatened ban of imports of Norwegian seafood by key customer Russia has been called off. Russia had threatened to implement new regulations for export certificates by an unreachable deadline of Oct. 1 but an agreement has now been...

How to check fresh fish
NORWAY - More and more fresh fish is being sold in Norway. But many consumers are still unsure when they're going to assess the fish's quality. Actually, it's easy to find out whether it's as it should be.

Fresh fish causes confusion
NORWAY - Many consumers think it's difficult to judge the quality of fresh fish. According to a study by Fiskeriforskning, consumers often don't know what characteristics they should look for to assess how fresh the fish is.

Short deadline for the salmon industry
NORWAY - Before too long, the salmon industry will be prohibited from using CO2 when slaughtering salmon. But what will it use instead?