Focusing On Marketing Research
NORWAY - How can the Norwegian seafood industry increase the value of its products? And how can it create attractive products that stand out from what the competition is offering?

Russian inspectors: Mould and Rust In Norwegian Salmon plants
NORWAY - Russian inspectors have finished their control of ten Norwegian seafood producers, and report that they have found rust and mould in some production facilities. The Norwegian Food Inspectorate has accompanied the Russian inspectors, and...

Nutreco sells its shareholding in Hydrotech A.S. to Lerøy Seafood Group ASA
NORWAY - Nutreco Holding N.V. has agreed in principle to sell its indirect participation of 19.8% in the Norwegian salmon farmer Hydrotech-Gruppen A.S. to Lerøy Seafood Group ASA. Lerøy Seafood Group ASA already held a participation of 39%.

Salmon becomes food for cod
NORWAY - New farmed species create new challenges for feed manufacturers. But the solution can lie in heretofore unused marine raw materials.

Salmon companies must pay for inspections
NORWAY - Norwegian salmon companies must pay up to NOK 100,000 (USD 16,000) to have their facilities visited by Russian inspectors, a demand for renewed export permission. The Ministry of Fisheries rejects comparisons with bribery, news agency...

Scientists Offer Advice On Preserving Fish Quality
NORWAY - Good access to tray-packed, fresh fish in the shops can increase consumption of seafood. But to succeed, first-class raw materials, low temperatures and good hygiene are necessary.

Better taste with crab feed
NORWAY - Just like its fellow species in the sea, the farmed cod is very fond of crab. And new tests show that crab in the feed can actually give farmed cod a better taste.

Investors welcome salmon farm king
NORWAY - From a large, sparsely decorated office overlooking a warehouse and a busy main road, Atle Eide controls a quarter of the world's salmon production.

With an eye towards Europe
NORWAY - Fiskeriforskning is strengthening its collaboration with European research communities and becomes the second Norwegian member of EFARO.

An answer worth millions
NORWAY - Farmed salmon are dependent on fishmeal to grow and develop normally. But which substances in the meal does it have to have? The answer is worth millions for the Norwegian aquaculture industry.

Seafood with a bright future
NORWAY - Executive Chef Kjetil Gundersen from the Culinary Institute of Norway believes that new seafood products from Norway have a bright future in the European market.

Not too dry, please
NORWAY - The stockfish industry can lose considerable sums if the stockfish doesn't have the right taste and dryness.

That’s why the industry is losing
NORWAY - The last 11 years have given a profit over 5 billion NOK in the fisheries for pelagic species such as herring and mackerel. But the profit ends up with the fishermen. The industry is left with the "Old Maid".

Fritt Ord drops Pan Fish stake
NORWAY - The highly respected Freedom of Expression Foundation in Oslo (Fritt Ord) has sold off its holdings in seafood giant Pan Fish, because of its concerns over Pan Fish's fish-farming operations in Canada and Chile. In addition to defending...

What’s happening to the fresh fish?
NORWAY - In Norway, increasingly more frozen fish is being brought to land. "At the same time, European consumers are demanding more fresh fish, and the prices are rising", says Scientist Bjørn Inge Bendiksen.

Strengthening industrial research in Tromsø
NORWAY - The holding company and the largest subsidiary in the Blue-Green Food Alliance will be localised in Tromsø. The marine research community in the north is being further strengthened given that Akvaforsk is being placed under the subsidiary.

Pan Fish Gets Permission To Buy Up 25% of Norwegian Fish-Farm Licenses
NORWAY - Pan Fish ASA ("Pan Fish") has received written confirmation from the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs in which the company is granted permission to own up to 25 per cent of the national licensed biomass for farmed salmon and...

Strong First Quarter For Aquaculture Giant Cermaq
NORWAY - The Norwegian aquaculture Giant Cermaq reports a strong first quarter of 2006 with an EBIT pre fair value of NOK 238.5 million compared to a loss of NOK -23.3 million for the first quarter 2005. CEO Geir Isaksen said "The results...

More food for salmon
NORWAY - Krill from the Norwegian Sea can become salmon food. A shortage of raw materials for fish feed is leading to increased research on new resources in the sea.

A Genuine Farmed Cod
NORWAY - For the first time, fish farmers are getting roe from the National Breeding Programme for Cod.

Mapping The Cod’s Immune System
NORWAY - Scientists at Fiskeriforskning are in full swing with mapping of the important parts of the cod's immune system. The results can be very important for the aquaculture industry.

Cod investment could be a mistake, says Norwegian professor
NORWAY - Investing in cod farming could prove to be the wrong choice for Norway, according to a leading academic. For large-scale production of farmed cod could push the price of wild cod down, which could be a national economical catastrophe for...

Cod Farming Taking Off
NORWAY - Norway has been experimenting with codfish farming since the 1980's, and now they're pulling out all stops. Intrafish reports that last year, farmed cod production in Norway topped 13 million pounds, a figure that is...

Gene Technology And Selective Breeding Improve Carp Welfare
NORWAY - AKVAFORSK will participate in a new EU project intended to make carp less susceptible to disease and stress. Methods in gene technology will be used in selective breeding so that the carps' good genes are passed on more effectively. This...

New Economy – New Food Habits?
NORWAY - What has happened to the food habits in Russia since the transition from planned economy to market economy? Are the consumers choosing other and new foods, or are they buying the same as before?