Posts Tagged ‘Seafood Norway’
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 the aquaculture industry, it has said that existing farming operations should not be expanded unless they are within closed, land based facilities. The controversial decision…
Read MoreNorway 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. Finance minister Siv Jensen said the committee will assess how the tax system should be designed to help the community get a share from the…
Read MoreFish 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 amounts normally beyond their dreams, with one receiving more than 100 million kroners (around £9.2 million). The total distribution of Aquaculture Fund money from the…
Read MoreFish Update Briefing, Friday, June 29
NORWAY SALMON BIOMASS CONTINUES TO RISE THERE has been a steady increase in production throughout Norway in recent months. The volume or biomass of salmon in cages at Norwegian fish farms, as measured by weight, rose by six per cent year-on-year in May, the industry organisation Seafood Norway said in a statement. The quantity was…
Read MoreMinister urges action on high mortality
NORWEGIAN fisheries minister Per Sandberg told fish farming bosses that salmon mortality rates were unacceptable and must be cut to improve animal welfare and protect their reputation and profits. The minister called a meeting of executives on May 15 as figures from the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries revealed 53 million salmon died on Norwegian farms…
Read MoreFish Update Briefing, Friday, May 4
‘PIRATES’ FIRE AT UAE FISHING BOAT SHOTS have been fired at a fishing boat from the United Arab Emirates, fuelling fears that pirates are becoming active in the region again. Fisherman Yousef Baroun said that a group of unidentified men shot at his vessel, about 60 miles off the coast in the northern part of the UAE. The attackers…
Read MoreCall for ‘oil tax' on Norwegian fish farmers
THE Socialist Left, or SV, party in the Norwegian parliament (Storting) has called on the government to impose an oil industry style tax on the country’s fish farmers. The party has submitted a document which proposes that the industry should pay an unspecified amount per kilogram of salmon, which has been described as a form…
Read MoreSeafood growth ‘just the start’
VALUE creation from Norway\’s fisheries and aquaculture sector has grown threefold in just ten years – but that is only the beginning, said Geir Ove Ystmark, managing director of Seafood Norway. Its contribution to the country\’s GDP last year was NOK 93.8 billion. Speaking recently to a Seafood Norway annual conference in Ålesund, he said this increase…
Read MoreFish Update Briefing, Friday, February 2
FISH FINGER AD PULLED OVER SAFETY CONCERNS BIRDS EYE has withdrawn a TV advert for fish fingers following safety concerns. It showed a man and boy leaping into the sea with a voiceover saying: ‘Captain Birds Eye loves the simple things, like jumping into cold water on a hot day with his grandson.’ But following the death of…
Read MoreAquaculture debate goes nationwide
NORWAY\’S ongoing debate about how plans for huge future growth in aquaculture should be managed has taken on a nationwide focus. During the last few days and into this week, more than 20 organisations from the industry, research groups and the environment have been holding a series of dialogue meetings in Oslo so they can give their views on how…
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