Land: Norway

Seafood exports from Norway have registered record results in the first quarter of the current financial year.

The exports of Norwegian cod in the first quarter of 2010 reached NOK 2.75 billion, rise of 13 percent from the same period last year.

In the first quarter of 2010 the value of Norwegian Salmon exports reached a record high of NOK 6.5 billion.

Aker BioMarine has today signed a major agreement with a

Skretting have recently launched a new transfer concept which will help improve profitability for salmon farmers.

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.