Aker BioMarine orders new krill catcher
Aker BioMarine has commissioned a new environmentally-friendly krill fishing vessel. The vessel is to be built in Norway by VARD in a contract valued at NoK1 billion.
Antarctic krill mortality study
Antarctic krill are robust and can withstand capture and escape from a trawl, according to a new study by the Institute of Marine Research in Norway. Only a small percentage (4.40%) of krill escaping through the trawl meshes.
Studies confirm Rimfrost Pristine’s high stability
Norwegian vertically-integrated biotechnology company Rimfrost has seen its Rimfrost Pristine krill powder confirmed as stable with minimal degradation taking place.
Aker BioMarine receives SFP ‘A’ Rating
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) released its annual sustainability overview of reduction fisheries for 2016, and for the second year in a row, Aker BioMarine was the only fishery to receive an A rating.
Rimfrost’s krill oil ready for European market
Norwegian company Rimfrost’s recent innovation, a 100% pure krill oil extract with 60% phospholipids, has now obtained a favourable opinion from the Finnish Novel Food Board based on substantial equivalence and is therefore ready for the European market.
Krill oil taken to a new level
Norwegian producer Rimfrost has launched new krill oil products onto the European market, giving the European supplement market access to opportunities to develop krill oil products with EU authorised health claims.
Opportunities for copepod fishery
Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries has recommended that the Ministry of Fisheries opens a restricted commercial fishery for copepods in Norwegian waters.
Krill catcher design from Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä is to design a 115 metre dedicated krill catcher for Chinese company Jiangsu Deep Sea Fisheries Co.
