Tag: seafood
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...
Millions worth of salmon stolen
Police at Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen are investigating the theft of an entire trailer-load of salmon during the weekend. The trailer containing fresh...
Seafood exports break all records
Despite a decline in the export of trout, herring and shellfish, Norwegian seafood exports have never been higher than they were during the first six...
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...
Trawler remains trapped in Murmansk
The Norwegian owner of the fishing trawler Remøy has called its arrest in Murmansk and the subsequent idling of its crew "surreal," and they...
Norwegian ministers stream to China
"I love China!" exclaimed Norway's fisheries minister Per Sandberg after landing in Beijing this week. He's leading a large delegation of Norwegian seafood exporters...
Free trade deal tops Norway’s agenda
Norway's Trade Minister Monica Mæland arrived in Beijing a day ahead of her government colleagues, eager to start negotiating a new free trade agreement...
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