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Norway and the EU have concluded a bilateral fisheries agreement for 2009. For both parties discard of fish has been the main issue during this year’s negotiations. Norway and EU have agreed on a number of measures directed at the reduction of discard.
Studies of overweight carp show that they react similar to humans when they are given medication for obesity and high cholesterol. The question now being posed by scientists is whether studies of fish cells can shed light on the causes of an unbalanced fat metabolism in humans
NIFES has detected high level of inorganic arsenic in farmed blue mussels from Norwegian fjords.
The board of directors of Aker BioMarine ASA has resolved
The NFFO and Defra officials got down to the detail of the UK’s priorities for the forthcoming November and December Councils at a recent working meeting in London.
Aker BioMarine continues its development through intensified focus on core activities. In the third quarter of 2008, the company implemented an action plan, streamlined the organization to focus on its core expertise in sustainable harvesting of Antarctic krill and the production of high-value bioactive products, and advanced its documentation, sales and marketing efforts.
The first cardiovascular health study in China investigating the effect of seafood consumption on health parameters, shows a 20% decrease in disease markers in patients consuming salmon for lunch 5 times per week, for 8 weeks. The results were recently announced in a Chinese-Norwegian seafood seminar during a fisheries fair in Qingdao, China
There are no large pelagic fish populations in the Southern Ocean. That is one of the conclusions after the Institute of Marine Research sent the research vessel “G.O. Sars” on a six-month mission to the southern hemisphere. Krill, on the other hand, is abundant in the Southern Ocean. We are busy analysing the findings of the mission in order to calculate the quantities more accurately.
High level of plant raw materials in feed affects the Atlantic salmon in a big way, revealed a study.
A new investigation has been carried out analysing mercury in seafood caught from the area around the submarine U864 outside Fedje, Norway. Results show somewhat higher levels of mercury in tusk compared to analyses previous years. The levels of mercury in crab, cod, and ling in the most recent analyses were similar to those found during the period from 2004 to 2007.