Land: Norway

AKVA group has signed a turn-key contract with Nordland Akva AS for delivery of a complete UNI Recirculation System for production of Atlantic Salmon smolts. The system is AKVA group`s sixth contract for UNI Recirculation Systems for Atlantic Salmon, and is scheduled for start-up in September 2010.

In a market test involving 32 chefs in France and Sweden it was found that they like Norwegian farmed cod on top.

Analysis of pharmaceuticals used for farmed fish in 2009 did

In an exclusive study it was found that fish react differently to seismic surveys as per their species.

“It’s a dream project”, says Ernst Morten Hevrøy about the project granted by the Research Council of Norway under the scheme for excellent young researchers in the field of aquaculture.

Aker BioMarine has negotiated a solution with its bondholders to refinance the company’s NOK 750 million bond loan, which matures in May 2010. As previously announced, Aker will convert into equity its net receivables that are payable by Aker BioMarine, while the other bondholders have accepted a three-year extension of the loan’s maturity date for the remaining NOK 305 million of the loan in return for a 0.25 percentage point increase in the loan interest they will receive, provided that Aker issue a payment guarantee.

Norway’s exports of groundfish including clipfish, salted fish and stockfish totalled NOK 967.4 million in February. This is an increase of 8% or NOK 69.2 million compared with February 2009. The volume of exports increased by 17% or 5,700 tonnes to a total of 38,555 tonnes, according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council. The increases are attributable to record exports of both fresh and frozen Norwegian Cod products.

Seafood is naturally rich in selenium, but it may also

428 delegates from 23 nations converged on Norway Trade Fairs’ Oslo base for what has become an unmissable annual event in the diary for busy seafood professionals – the North Atlantic Seafood Forum, the fifth in this highly-rated series.

Norway and India have entered into an agreement on cooperation