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The average price of Norwegian salmon exports last year was 6.75/kg, up from 4.63/kg in 2015, an increase of 51 percent.

Bente Torstensen, the former Group Manager for feed and fish performance in Marine Harvests global R&D department, has been appointed as the new Director of Nofimas aquaculture division.

One of the worlds largest salmon producers has announced plans to use feed containing microalgae to ensure that its fish contain high levels of long chain omega-3s.

Marine Harvest has unveiled plans to be the first global seafood company to install Keep-it, a smart labelling indicator that shows an accurate shelf life, on all its fish products.

Last year proved to be the most profitable on record for the worlds largest salmon producer, Marine Harvest, which achieved an operational EBIT of 700.2 million, up from 346.8 million in 2015, mainly …

The pressing need to deal with sea lice, which contributed to an 8.7% rise in Marine Harvest's production costs last year, was one of the major themes running through the group's annual report, which …

Norway has exported 636,000 tonnes of seafood, worth NOK 24.1 billion (2.26 billion) in the first quarter of this year an increase of 13% in value compared with the first quarter of 2016, despite a 7…

Benthic communities are an ideal measurement tool for trends in the marine environment a fact that is inspiring a current research project by Norways Institute of Marine Research (IMR).

Fish farmers in Norway will now be able to choose from at least two PD vaccines, after the Norwegian Supreme Court ruled that MSD had no right to a monopoly.

Innovative ways to manage salmon behaviour so they are less likely to be infected by sea lice was the subject of a fascinating talk by Dr Frode Oppedal at last weeks Fish Vet Society conference in Edi…

Plans to dramatically upgrade a laser delousing device were revealed at this weeks Fish Vet Society conference in Edinburgh.

The Norwegian-owned Nordic Choice Hotel Group has obtained Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for close to 200 of its hotel restaurants in Norway …

For decades Vietnams Mekong Delta has been under threat from one of its most lucrative industries. But now shrimp farming is being used to conserve, rather than deplete, the regions precious mangrove …

A new paper on aquaponics, which was published by the US North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC), has just been published online.

Norways decision to detain vessels that have been authorised by the EU to fish for snow crab in the Barents Sea and Svalbard waters has sparked an angry riposte from European fisheries representatives…

Norway exported 196,000 tonnes of seafood, worth NOK 7.5 billion, in February down by 19 per cent in volume, but up by 6 per cent in value, compared with February last year.

In a bid to extract the value from aquaculture waste products, scientists at Nofima have analysed sludge from three commercial hatcheries through an entire production year, and have recently presented…

NORWAY - Benchmark, through its subsidiary Salmobreed, has signed a long-term agreement to provide genetics, health and knowledge services to SalMar, one of the worlds leading producers of salmon.

NORWAY - Marine Harvest achieved an operational EBIT of EUR 259 million in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared to EUR 90 million in the corresponding quarter of 2015.

In the upside-down world of the pipefish, sexual selection appears to work in reverse, with flashy females battling for males who bear the pregnancy and carry their young to term in their brood pouch.…