Tag: seafood
Stock exchange takeover hailed
A constallation of several European stock exchanges called Euronext is offering to take over the Oslo Stock Exchange for NOK 6.2 billion. While its...
Seafood sellers wouldn’t shirk Saudis
Norway has officially banned arms sales to Saudi Arabia, following the recent horrific murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul,...
Frigate’s oil spurs seafood warnings
Oil seeping from the mostly sunken wreckage of the Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad has prompted state food safety agency Mattilsynet to warn against eating...
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...
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