Posts Tagged ‘Norwegian Seafood Council’
Economist Norway\’s new seafood marketing chief
ECONOMIST Camilla Beck Sætre has been appointed the new marketing director at the Norwegian Seafood Council. And it looks set to be a baptism of fire, with the industry still likely to be facing untold challenges due to Covid-19 when she takes up her post on June 1. Sætre has had more than 20 years’…
Read MoreEconomist Norway\’s new seafood marketing chief
ECONOMIST Camilla Beck Sætre has been appointed the new marketing director at the Norwegian Seafood Council. And it looks set to be a baptism of fire, with the industry still likely to be facing untold challenges due to Covid-19 when she takes up her post on June 1. Sætre has had more than 20 years’…
Read MoreNorwegian salmon exports thrive in retail markets
THE Norwegian seafood industry is proving ‘agile and adaptable’ in the global coronavirus lockdown, switching to more processed products as demand for fresh whole fish drops. In the salmon market, there was an eight per cent decline for fresh whole exports last week, while fresh fillet exports increased by 28 per cent, said the Norwegian…
Read MoreAnger over Mowi and Lerøy processing exemption
A DECISION by Norway’s food safety authority to grant Mowi and Lerøy Seafood exemption from some of the country’s tough processing rules has come under fire from other sections within the industry. The main rule, brought in a number of years ago to protect the reputation of Norwegian seafood, states that salmon and other fish with certain defects…
Read MoreNorwegian salmon exports surge despite coronavirus
NORWEGIAN seafood exports last month defied all coronavirus gloom predictions and rose in value by 1.4 billion kroner (£118 million), with farmed salmon showing a particularly strong surge. Many analysts had expected the sector to take a hit because China, one of the fastest growing markets for seafood, was in almost total lockdown during February. But…
Read MoreNorwegian exports to China show dramatic drop
NORWEGIAN salmon exports to China have slumped by up to 90 per cent among some companies since Covid-19, or the coronavirus, struck the country more than three weeks ago, the state broadcaster NRK is reporting. And it is not just the Chinese mainland which is being affected. Air freight flights to Asia generally are at an all-time low. However, fresh…
Read MoreNorwegian exports fly high despite coronavirus
NORWEGIAN seafood exports got off to a flying start in January despite coronavirus affecting business with China during the final week of the month. Overseas sales totalled 207,000 tonnes, the same as January 2019, but they increased in value by 15 per cent or NOK 1.2 billion (£100 million) to NOK 9.8 billion (£819 million),…
Read MoreSalmon prices tumble in coronavirus chaos
SALMON spot prices in Norway tumbled further over the weekend as China, one of its main markets, faced almost total shutdown on the back of the coronavirus outbreak. The average price reduction in Norway is around 10 kroner per kilo for most size salmon, with further reductions expected in the week ahead. Five to six kilo…
Read MoreNorway seeks seafood minister to replace Nesvik
NORWAY looks set to get a new seafood and fisheries minister within the next 48 hours. The present incumbent, Harald Tom Nesvik said earlier this week he would step down, after his Progressive Party quit the Conservative led coalition government. The row centred on a decision by prime minister Erna Solberg to allow an ISIS terrorist…
Read MoreNorway ‘can hit NOK 200 billion within decade’
NORWAY’S seafood chief has said the country has the potential to double its exports to NOK 200 billion a year within the next decade. A jubilant Renate Larsen was speaking after she revealed that sales in 2019 had hit a record NOK 107.3 billion. The CEO of the Norwegian Seafood Council said: ‘We see an increasing trend,…
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