Tag: fishing
Seafood industry hooks more profits
Seafood producers in Norway will be sailing into the New Year with solid balance sheets, high salaries and, in at least one case, extraordinary...
Missing missile fires up concerns
Norwegian fishing industry and environmental officials were expressing concern Wednesday over reports that a nuclear-powered Russian cruise missile has gone missing in the Barents...
101-year-old catches really big fish
Odd Borlaug goes fishing just about every day during the summer season, but didn't start going after wild salmon until he was 75. On...
Visitors flock to North Sea island
UTSIRA: Hundreds of thousands of Norwegians made the best of the country's last long public holiday weekend until Christmas, and were able to enjoy...
Military fights to shut down fish farm
Norway's defense department (Forsvaret) wants authorities to shut down a fish farming operation off the coast just north of Bergen. It claims the operation...
Warm-water fish show up in Norway
For the second time in a week, fish that thrive best in warm waters have been found beached in Norway. Scientists think they're being...
EU claims rights to Svalbard’s bounty
The European Union claims that vessels from member nations have a right to catch just as much of the crabs found on the seafloor...
Famed river falls victim to utility firm
Norway's Lærdal River has long attracted wild salmon fishing enthusiasts including royalty and rock stars, all of them eager to cast their lines from its...
Trawler freed from arrest in Russia
A Norwegian trawler held in Murmansk for allegedly catching shrimp illegally in Russian waters was finally sailing home on Friday. The vessel Remøy was released...
Ministers agree to fight illegal fishing
National fisheries ministers from all over the world were in Oslo this week to unify in the fight against illegal fishing, estimated to be...
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