Norway

A new report by Rabobank, published this week, warns that the growth of Norway’s salmon farming sector is extremely vulnerable to the resource rent tax proposed by the government.

Cadman Capital Group, the family office and alternative asset investment firm, today announced that it has taken a strategic equity stake in Urchinomics, the pioneering aquaculture venture that turns ecologically destruc…

Norwegian salmon farmers have enjoyed a decade of unprecedented profitability, but plans to introduce a 40 percent resource rent tax on the sector - combined with the emergence of new systems for growing salmon in differ…

A research project has recently been launched to investigate how plastics from the aquaculture and fisheries sectors can be recycled and made into new products.

Pat Reynolds, one of the world’s preeminent lumpfish researchers, believes that – despite a number of welfare issues and a slight dip in their popularity – the species merits a prominent place in the list of ways to cont…

Worldchefs has renewed their longstanding partnership with Sterling White Halibut, the world's leading halibut farmer.

The Aquaculture Research Station in Tromsø opened one of the world’s most advanced research facilities for onshore fish farming on 11 January – bringing world-leading resources to teaching, education and research for the…

Emerging research from AquaGen has used a life cycle assessment analysis (LCA analysis) to calculate the carbon footprint for eggs from farmed salmon and rainbow trout for the first time.

Researchers have constructed a computer model that simulates where salmon lice are most likely to develop resistance to pesticides used in salmon farms throughout southern Norway in a bid to limit the risks of resistance…

Erik-Jan Lock has been appointed as the new research director for nutrition and food technology at Nofima.

Salmon Evolution reports “very strong results” for the final quarter of 2022 – during which it harvested the final salmon from the company's first cohort.

The leading Norwegian salmon firm has developed a fast and effective way to measure the EPA and DHA fatty acid levels in salmon fillets.

Trøndelag County Authority has granted Kvidul a permit for the land-based production of 10 million salmon smolts and 20,000 tonnes of harvested salmon.

Artificial intelligence systems that will help to prevent salmon escaping from farms in even the roughest sea conditions are currently being developed by SINTEF, in collaboration with the research centre SFI Exposed.

Aker has announced a deal to invest NOK 155 million (£13 million) in the post-smolt producer Gaia Salmon, equating to 25.3 percent ownership in the company.

Norway’s Atlantic salmon sector published their feed composition and utilisation data from 2020, showing more novel ingredients in their formulations and greater salmon output – but as inflation and global commodity pric…

A new industry report finds that consumers in the US and Japan are willing to pay 30 percent more for fresh salmon instead of frozen and thawed offerings.

Cermaq has filled the AI-enabled iFarm net-pens with fish for the third time, saying that this phase will leverage machine learning to improve fish health and welfare.

Aquaculture advocate Jennifer Bushman is the co-founder of Fed by Blue and executive producer of Hope in the in Water – a four-part docuseries about the future of blue foods that’s due to be broadcast in early 2024.

New research advancements have moved cod genetics away from family selection to individual selection – allowing the aquaculture industry to increase its genetic gains.