Posts Tagged ‘Erna Solberg’
World first as \’all electric\’ salmon farm opens
THE world’s first fully all electric salmon farm has just been inaugurated – and is being hailed as an environmental trailblazer for the rest of the industry. The opening ceremony at the Bremnes Seashore facility, just south of Bergen, was performed by Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who said it was vital that the rest…
Read MoreWorld first as \’all electric\’ salmon farm opens
THE world’s first fully all electric salmon farm has just been inaugurated – and is being hailed as an environmental trailblazer for the rest of the industry. The opening ceremony at the Bremnes Seashore facility, just south of Bergen, was performed by Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who said it was vital that the rest…
Read MoreOslo backs down on salmon tax shareout
THE Norwegian government appears to have relented to pressure and agreed to pay the country’s fish farming communities millions of kroner extra under its new salmon tax plans. Last week in an unprecedented revolt up to 70 regional mayors protested to Oslo that its new proposals would leave them at least a billion kroner worse…
Read MoreFourth seafood minister this year for Norway
NORWAY has its fifth fisheries and seafood minister in just over 18 months – and the fourth this year. Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen takes over from ex-journalist and current labour minister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, who was appointed in a stop-gap capacity last month after Geir Inge Sivertsen resigned in a row over severance payments. Two weeks earlier, Harald…
Read MoreFish farmers anxious as Norway faces political turmoil
NORWAY’S fish farmers were nervously looking over their shoulders yesterday as the prospect of a general election and a possible left leaning Labour led government loomed. The country has been plunged into political crisis after the Progress Party decided to leave Erna Solberg’s Conservative coalition administration. The storm centres on a decision to allow a…
Read MoreFish farming can feed most of world – report
AQUACULTURE has the potential to feed almost two thirds of the world’s population, according to a new report from the United Nations. The report, from the UN Marine Panel, says it is possible to produce at least six times more seafood than we are getting today. Because of pressure on global wild fish stocks, most…
Read MoreVisitor centre tells The Salmon story
NORWEGIAN Prime Minister Erna Solberg said she hoped a salmon farming visitor centre in Oslo would help address misconceptions about the industry. At yesterday’s official opening of the centre, called The Salmon, she acknowledged the importance of aquaculture to the country’s economy and said the government was committed to its growth. ‘The salmon industry is…
Read MoreNew fisheries minister pledges growth
NORWAY’S new fisheries minister has described Per Sandberg as one of the best ministers the seafood industry and the country has ever had. Harald Tom Nesvik was speaking at the handover ceremony, which took place during a lightning storm shortly after Sandberg resigned following his controversial visit to Iran last month with Bahareh Letnes, a…
Read MoreSandberg poised to resign – reports
NORWAY’S controversial fisheries minister, Per Sandberg, is poised to resign later today, Aftenpost, a leading Norwegian newspaper is reporting. The story has also been picked up by the national broadcaster NRK. Sandberg (pictured) has been under intense political pressure since taking a holiday in Iran last month with his new girlfriend, 27-year-old Bahareh Letnes, a…
Read MoreSeafood fears over Trump Iran warning
DONALD Trump’s blunt warning that anyone trading with Iran will not be doing business with the United States will have raised more than a few concerns with the Nordic and European seafood industry. It is not clear yet whether the US president was pointing the finger at individual companies or entire countries, but his decision…
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