Norway

The government of Norway has allocated 10 million kroner (€994,828) to funding aquaculture research in the wake of a severe algae outbreak earlier this year.

Diets containing a mixture of plant oil and fish oil can stimulate both salmon and humans to produce their own long chain omega-3 fats, according to new research from Nofima.

A coalition of Norwegian fish farmers has formed a new partnership which will ensure that their feeds contain an algal ingredient that will help them improve the sustainability of their salmon product…

A trial of the prototype "Atlantis" submersible salmon farming pen has produced promising results.

Norway Royal Salmon ASA (NRS) has agreed to sell its southern salmon farming assets to Tombre Fiskeanlegg, Lingalaks and Eidesvik Laks, in a deal worth 1.24 billion kroner (£111 million).

Akvaforsk Genetics and SalmoBreed have merged to establish Benchmark Genetics Norway in a move that aims to strengthen the company’s ability to deliver sustained genetic improvements and support aquac…

A cohort study of commercial salmon farms in Norway explores different prevention and treatment strategies for salmon lice and finds that habituated cleaner fish can keep lice at bay despite fluctuations in temperature and wind currents.…

A new report shows that between 2012 and 2016 an increasing amount of terrestrial raw materials are used in salmon feeds.

Given the potential impact that climate change could have on the aquaculture sector, it’s encouraging to note that several on-farm developments are currently helping to reduce the carbon footprint of …

The founder and CEO of a new cloud-based digital trading platform for seafood explains to The Fish Site how he aims to disrupt the seafood trading industry.

Over 28,000 people from 74 countries visited Aqua Nor in Trondheim over the four days of the exhibition, setting a new a record for the event.

The importance aquaculture will play in helping to provide protein for the growing global population was emphasised at the 10th session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, which started in Trond…

Visitors to Aqua Nor were treated to virtual reality tour of Norway’s largest land-based salmon site this week.

The value of adopting blockchain technology in the aquaculture sector was the subject of a special seminar at Aqua Nor this week.

A telemetric helmet which will allow vets to assess fish health remotely has been launched by Stim this month.

A new closed-containment system that has been hailed by Nofima as having “considerable potential” to be economically viable has been launched in Norway this week.

A new disinfection system that could dramatically reduce the amount of downtime live harvest vessels need for cleaning and disinfection is due to be trialled commercially in Norway next week.

How the recent proliferation of sea lice, and new methods for ensuing salmon are not infested with them, is driving up the cost of Norwegian salmon production was the subject of a compelling talk at A…

Hatch, the world’s first accelerator for sustainable aquaculture startups, is half way through raising its first €8 million fund.

The need to ensure that new technological systems are actually safe to trial on salmon was the central strand of a talk by Åsa Espmark at yesterday’s Nofima conference at Aqua Nor.