Tag: seafood
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...
Solberg reins in errant minister
Prime Minister Erna Solberg has broken her initial silence over Fisheries Minister Per Sandberg's controversial summer holiday in Iran. Now she claims there's "no...
Holiday in Iran hounds minister
Fisheries Minister Per Sandberg claims his summer holiday in Iran this month was strictly private, but it's been raising plenty of very public questions....
Seafood sales soar to another record
Even though salmon prices recently sank from record highs, Norway's seafood industry is swimming in profits. High prices for cod and salmon last winter,...
Whale quota raised as hunt declines
Norway's fisheries minister, Per Sandberg, has raised the quota for the country's controversial whale hunt to a level that's three times the size of...
Fast-food salmon chains target Asia
Norwegian salmon producers and entrepreneurs aren't only keen to boost sales of fresh fish in Asia. Now they're investing heavily in exporting new fast-food...
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...
Seafood sales set another record
Consumers around the world seem to have an insatiable appetite for Norwegian salmon and other seafood. Producers all along the coast exported NOK 94...
Hackers hit Norway over whale hunts
Norway has emerged as a top target of hackers and social activists known as "hacktivists." The reason: Norwegian whaling, which now is making a...
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...
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