Posts Tagged ‘Norway’
Gigante takes big step towards production
Norwegian land-based fish farmer Gigante Salmon has reached a major milestone for its new plant, with the farm’s nursery pool now filled with sea water. The company is building one of Norway’s most advanced RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) facilities, on the island of Lille Indre Rosøya in Rødøy, and flooding the nursery pool is an…
Read MorePD spreading in northern Norway, tests show
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority has reported that another case of pancreatic disease (PD) has been detected at a fish farm in the north of the country. The facility is operated by salmon farmer Nova Sea, which has been told that it will have to empty the facility quickly in order to reduce the risk…
Read MoreChina overtaking Japan in salmon consumption
China has taken over from Japan as the leading Asian market for Norwegian salmon, new data shows. So far this year Norway’s salmon farmers have sold 60% more salmon to China than over the same time before the pandemic. The Norwegian Seafood Council says: “When such things happen it is important to be on the…
Read MoreFrench supermarkets cast critical eye over Norwegian fish farms
FRANCE has long been Norway’s largest European customer when it comes to buying farmed salmon. But the French supermarkets like to see what they are getting and how the fish are being looked after. So two of France’s largest supermarket chains, Carrefour and Auchan have just sent their own inspectors to the snow covered north.…
Read MoreSmoked salmon back on European menus, says Seafood Council
Smoked salmon is now making a comeback in many European markets after sales dropped off during the pandemic, says the Norwegian Seafood Council. With Christmas less than three weeks away the peak season for smoked salmon sales is now approaching, with Poland leading the way in that growth. Poland is Norway’s largest processing market for…
Read MorePump error toll was worse than first feared
Salmon producer SalMar has admitted that it lost around 200,000 small fish in a “mechanical incident” at its Jovika site on the island of Senja, near Tromsø, Norway recently. The fish weighed around seven grams. The loss is thought to be considerably higher than the initial estimate, when the incident was first discovered. In a…
Read MoreLerøy products in second listeria scare
The Lerøy Seafood Company has been hit by two listeria scares involving salmon products, with outbreaks in Norway and Sweden. In the most recent, Lerøy’s salmon and game supply arm Laks & Vilt (Salmon & Game) in Oslo is withdrawing a batch of salmon gravlax with a latest consumption date of 8 December. The reason…
Read MoreSagging krone further boosts Norway’s salmon exports
Norway’s seafood exports for November totalled NOK 16.7 billion (£1.2bn), 17% up on November last year. Again farmed salmon was the main driver in this seemingly never-ending overseas sales surge. So far this year, Norway has exported seafood worth NOK 158.2 billion (£11.5bn) 15% up over the same period in 2022. The decline in the value…
Read MoreBoost for salmon in new Norway-EU deal
Norway and the EU have signed a new seafood deal which is expected to lead to an increase in salmon trade. Much of the deal simply confirms a continuation of the current arrangement, but the big winners are likely to be Norway’s salmon farmers. Norway’s new Fisheries Minister Cecilie Myrseth said that the EU remains her…
Read MoreAndfjord Salmon completes first harvest
Norwegian land based fish farmer company Andfjord Salmon has carried out its first slaughter but, like many young salmon businesses, it is still finding that profits remain elusive. The company has achieved a third quarter operating income of NOK 27.7m (around £2m) but has reported a loss of NOK 28.2m or just over £2m) against…
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