Land: Norway

The biotechnology company Aker BioMarine is strengthening finance, and pharmaceutical-market operations.

Exports of salmon in May equalled 2 billion NOK. This is the highest export value ever recorded for an individual month. The growth of some 468 million NOK is largely a result of an increase in the price of salmon. The price of fresh salmon has not been as high since August 2006, according to figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council.

In May seafood to the value of 3.3 billion NOK

Norway’s Bergen Group has landed a big order for fishing vessels from Russia, says the company.

Consumption and demand for pelagic fish is not particularly affected by financial turmoil, and there is a growing demand for cheaper species like herring and capelin. Norway Pelagic hence experience growth in margins.

“Once again, overfishing of cod in the Barents Sea has been substantially reduced in 2008. This means that unreported fishing has been reduced by as much as 84% from 2005 to 2008 and that resources to the value of 1.1 billion kroner are now benefiting the coastal communities,” says Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen.

Farmed cod and halibut larvae require live feed the first

The tropical island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean aims

Toxaphene is a pesticide that may be present in fish meal and fish oil. Along with several other research institutions, the National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) has initiated a project to examine how toxaphene in fish feed affects fish health and food safety.

Global overfishing has left Greenland in a favourable position as