Posts Tagged ‘traffic light system’
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 largest wellboat builder and the company he worked for before turning to politics. However, he cannot take up his post as communications manager at the…
Read MoreGreen light for salmon farm growth in Norway
THE Norwegian government has given the go-ahead for salmon farmers to grow production by between 22,000 and 23,000 tonnes net. Under the country’s much vaunted traffic light system – which divides the coastline into 13 districts – nine zones, predominantly from the centre of Norway to the North Cape area, have been given a green…
Read MoreChile and Norway agree closer cooperation
CHILE and Norway have agreed in principle to work together to fight fish crime and meet some of the common challenges facing the fish farming industry, despite being international rivals. Co-operation on aquaculture was high on the agenda when Harald Tom Nesvik, Norway’s fisheries minister, met his Chilean counterpart, Eduardo Portilla. Their meeting took place…
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