Norwegians probe rise in salmon escapes
SEAFOOD Norway has called on its members to carry out a thorough investigation into why so many salmon have escaped from fish farms this year. The latest figure of more […] Continue Reading
Nesvik demands action as salmon escapes double
NORWAY’S seafood minister Harald T. Nesvik has called the fish farming industry to an urgent meeting after it was disclosed that more than 284,000 salmon have escaped from Norwegian fish […] Continue Reading
Lay-offs ‘inevitable’ in algae crisis
SEAFOOD Norway, the body which represents the country’s fishing and aquaculture industry, has warned there are likely to be serious economic consequences from the large algae outbreak which has devastated […] Continue Reading
Tromsø dilutes ban on sea farms
THE northern Norwegian city of Tromsø has rowed back on its controversial plan for an outright ban on open sea fish farms within its municipal area. The left leaning city […] Continue Reading
Norway salmon tax debate hots up
AN intense political debate has broken out in Norway over future plans for taxing its fish farming industry. The government is said to be looking at using the water and […] Continue Reading
Tromsø may overturn 'scary' farm ban
A CONTROVERSIAL decision by Tromsø City council last month to ban any further open fish farming inside its municipal zone may yet be overturned. The Labour party on the council, […] Continue Reading
Tromsø in shock fish farm ban
THE northern Norwegian city of Tromsø has called a halt to any further expansion of open fish farming activities inside its boundaries. And in a further move which has angered […] Continue Reading
Norway salmon tax probe underway
THE Norwegian government has appointed a special committee made up of leading financial and economic experts to work out how the country’s aquaculture industry should be taxed in future years. […] Continue Reading
Fish farming communities in the money
NORWAY’S remote coastal communities are reaping huge sums of development money from the country’s Aquaculture Fund, recent official figures suggest. Small towns with fewer than 5,000 people have been handed […] Continue Reading