Tag: seafood
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...
Norwegian waters brimming with cod
This winter's cod haul in Norway is predicted to break all records, and the Barents Sea is brimming with the fish. The fishing industry,...
Fishing industry still fears retaliation over higher import tariffs
Norway's huge and important fishing industry remains deeply worried that its seafood exports will be slapped with higher customs duties, in retaliation for the...
King crab conditions ‘critical’
Once a coastal pest, now a delicacy, the kongekrabben (king crab) that's become a major part of the seafood industry in Norway now faces...
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...
Fredriksen’s busy summer
Norwegian shipping, offshore and seafood magnate John Fredriksen doesn't seem to have been taking much time off this summer, with two of his biggest...
Norwegian parents ‘spoil’ their kids
Young Norwegians are so privileged and demanding that relatively few have been working in hotels, restaurants, fish factories or warehouses this summer. Frustrated Norwegian...
Sunken boat to be raised after fatal accident
The seafood company that owned a boat used in connection with a fish farming operation in northern Norway wants to raise the vessel after...
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...
Good times over for salmon farmers
Historically high prices for Norwegian salmon have taken a dive recently and now Norway faces renewed competition and compensation claims from Chile, where salmon...
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