Land: Norway

The Norwegian police have initiated a study to identify the farm of origin of 35 escaped rainbow trout captured in a fjord.

The Board of Aker ASA has approved the agreement from September this year to buy the vessel the Antarctic Navigator. The purchase price is NOK 550 million, as previously communicated.

The biotechnology company Aker BioMarine and the seafood company Aker Seafoods are expanding their partnership with the environmental organization WWF-Norway. Sustainable harvesting of marine resources continues to be the overarching priority.

Fisheries Ministry has announced that it has lowered the quota of minke whales that can be killed by commercial whalers by nearly 16 percent.

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.