Pressure grows on farmed salmon

Salmon is big business in Norway but the farmed variety has been the target of complaints and warnings for years. Just as the wild salmon fishing season gets underway this month comes a new assault on fish farming, and a defensive retort from the government minister in charge of fisheries. Newspaper VG reported on Monday [...]

Spring settles in around Lofoten

PHOTO FEATURE: A long winter is slowly releasing its grip even in northern Norway, where the days are getting long and the early summer tourism season looms. The scenery is spectacular at any time of the year, with these photos highlighting the approach of springtime above the Arctic Circle. ALL PHOTOS: newsinenglish.no Please support our [...]

Russian blasts salmon promotion

Norwegian farmed salmon has been so heavily marketed in Russia, that Russians are no longer buying their own wild fish, claims the chairman of the Russian Fishing Council, Aleksandr Saveljev. Russia is now one of the world’s biggest importers of Norwegian seafood. “What is the difference between a squirrel and a rat?” asks Saveljev in [...]

Trade war looms over higher tariffs

The European Union’s ambassador to Norway is calling the Norwegian government’s decision to raise import tariffs on meat and cheese “a clear violation” of a European trade agreement that took effect earlier this year. The higher tariffs are aimed at protecting and further raising the prices of Norwegian agricultural products, and EU Ambassador Janos Herman warned [...]

Fishermen try to reel in farmers

As concerns rise that Norway is setting off a trade dispute with some of its most important trading partners, officials in the country’s large seafood industry are among the most vocal. They’re objecting loudly to higher tariffs for agricultural products, arguing that more protection for Norwegian farmers will come at the expense of Norway’s fishermen [...]

‘Fish and oil don’t always mix’

The secretary general for environmental organization WWF in Norway isn’t backing down from concerns over huge new efforts to find more oil and gas off the Norwegian coast. She’s worried about the effect on the country’s next-largest industry, fishing. WWF’s local leader Nina Jensen repeated in a letter published in newspaper Aftenposten Monday that the [...]

‘Too many fish’ in Finnmark lakes

Many freshwater lakes in Norway’s northernmost county of Finnmark have a problem that likely would be considered a luxury most other places: They’re so full of fish that local officials worry they’re becoming “overpopulated.” There just aren’t enough people out fishing. Calls have thus gone out for both residents and tourists to grab their poles [...]

Shrimp catch ‘incredibly good’

The shrimp harvest in the northern county of Troms is being described as “very good” and even “incredibly good” this month, with some processing firms operating at full production all summer long. Lyngen Reker is among those having busy days, with around 15 shrimp boats delivering up to 2,500 kilos a week. Jack Robert Møller [...]

King Harald goes fishing

After a busy week full of royal duties and birthday celebrations, Norway’s monarch spent the weekend doing what many men his age get to do a lot more often than he does: King Harald went fishing. Specifically, he was among the first on June 1st to try his luck at the launch of Norway’s annual [...]

‘Fantastic’ wild salmon fishing season begins

Norway’s wild salmon fishing season was starting June 1st, and researchers were predicting some wonderful weeks ahead for avid sportsfishermen who enjoy spending hours standing in or alongside rivers. “We can only say ‘welcome to a fantastic season,’” Jens Christian Holst of Norway’s maritime and fisheries research institute Havforskningsinstitutt, told newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN). Holst [...]

Cod fishing better than ever

Fishing fleets off Northern Norway are suddenly hauling in enormous amounts of torsk (cod), not least around Senja. They say the fishing has been “exceptional,” and capacity is bursting at terminals on shore. “There’s no point saying this is like fishing used to be in the good old days,” Arthur Jacobsen told fishing industry newspaper [...]

Svalbard sovereignty not under threat

The response was loud and clear after a major Norwegian newspaper reported earlier this week that a new report from the European Union (EU) was challenging Norway’s sovereignty over Svalbard. “Misleading,” claimed other top EU officials, and Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre also denied any conflicts. “Svalbard is just as much a part of Norway [...]

Wild salmon lures huge payment

A British fishing enthusiast was willing to pay NOK 170,000 (around USD 31,000) for the right to go flyfishing for wild salmon at Brattstrømmen in the Alta River, northern Norway, next summer. Aftenposten.no reported that an auction arranged by a group seeking to save wild salmon brought in the high bid that amounts to NOK [...]

Price of salmon sinks to bottom

The price of salmon has seen a drastic decline in the past few months, rocking the boat for the Norwegian fishing industry and salmon farmers who have enjoyed several years of record profits. Business newspaper Finansavisen (FA) reports that prices will continue to sink during the second half of the year and many are now freezing [...]

Warmer waters bring exotic residents

A steady increase in water temperature over the past three decades has brought more than a hundred new species to the Norwegian coast line.  Divers can now spot John Dory off the south west coast, mussels are popping up in Svalbard and the edible crab has made its way as far north as Hammerfest. According [...]

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