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The new Nergård Pelagic factory at Måløy in western Norway is almost ready and has been running production tests using capelin caught in Icelandic waters.
San Omega’s Omega-3 supplements are now carrying Friend of the Sea seal of approval. The fish oil at the base of the whole product line originates from approved Friend of the Sea fisheries.
Norwegian gear supplier Frøystad Fiskevegn has rebranded itself, changing its name simply to Frøystad and adding to the line of products it offers for fishing, aquaculture and sports nets.
Norwegian pelagic operator Ervik & Sævik has acquired pelagic vessel Inger Hildur.
Sølvtrans AS has placed an order with the Kleven yard for a new live fish carrier to be built to a Rolls-Royce NVC 387 design.
Caught in a storm with wave heights of four to five metres off the Lofoten Islands, and struggling with an engine failure, the crew of 27 metre seine netter Kim Roger had no choice but to send a Mayday call.
MSC status – Certified as sustainable in 29 May 2014.
Norwegian company Herøyhav AS has taken delivery of a 69.95-m trawler/purse seiner from Karstensens Shipyard, Denmark, equipped with a propulsion package supplied comprising a MAN 9L27/38 engine and a two-speed reduction gear that drives a MAN Alpha 4,200 mm diam. ducted propeller. The propeller nozzle is a customized MAN Alpha AHT design. MAN Diesel & Turbo also supplied its Alphatronic 2000 propulsion control system, including the ECO Speed Pilot for optimal voyage planning and speed setting.
Fillets of saithe from the North Sea and the Skagerrak contain low levels of heavy metals, which means that they are safe to eat.
The concentration of heavy metals in cod from Salten in the Norwegian County of Nordland is low.
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