Mayors mutiny over salmon tax
THE mayors of at least 70 local municipalities along the Norwegian coast are demanding a ‘fair share’ of any new salmon tax imposed on the country’s aquaculture industry. The government […] Continue Reading
Norway’s ‘salmon tax’ dead in the water
NORWAY’S Labour Party has come out against imposing a 40 per cent flat rate tax – dubbed the salmon tax – on the country’s fish farming companies. Instead it wants to […] Continue Reading
Nesvik returns to wellboat business
FORMER Norwegian seafood minister Harald T. Nesvik has landed a key job in the aquaculture industry less than a month after resigning from his cabinet role. He is returning to Sølvtrans, the world’s […] Continue Reading
Fish farming relief as Solberg wins again
PRIME Minister Erna Solberg and her right wing allies look set to govern Norway for another four years after her Conservative Party claimed victory in yesterday’s hard fought general election. With most of […] Continue Reading
Fish a hot topic in Norwegian election
AQUACULTURE and fishing are among the issues taking centre stage in Norway’s general election which takes place next Monday (September 11). For the past four years the country has been run by […] Continue Reading