Land: Norway

Last year Norwegian seafood exports hit new record as the value soared to 53.8 billion kroners, says a report.

Salmon reared on special fish feed diets by the Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre in Norway were eaten by pregnant women in England in the first ever intervention study of the potential benefits for pregnant women of eating oily fish. The study was part of the EU-funded AquaMax project.

New Research-based Innovation centre has opened to boost the responsible fishing in a creative way.

The North East Arctic cold water prawn fishery has entered into assessment for MSC certification, says a report.

Surveillance of undesirable components in feed for farmed fish shows an overall good condition, confirms a report.

NIFES has examined the content of undesirable substances and microorganisms in shellfish.

In the month of October Norwegian pelagic fish exports were valued at NOK 1.3 billion, an increase of 9 percent from October last year.

First nine months of this year registered strong growth of Norwegian salmon exports, says official data.

The month of September 2010 shows a rise of 10 percent in the exports of Norwegian cod as compared to same month last year.