Farming

The Norwegian government apologized Thursday to reindeer herders after activists spent a week protesting a wind farm that they say hinders the rights of the Indigenous Sami people in central …

Emergy, a Norwegian sustainable energy company specializing in wind farm construction, has delayed a planned wind farm project in Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southeastern Ukraine, according to the company’s statement.  The …

People can contract diseases caused by pathogens found in both animals and the environment. Pandemics seem to be getting more frequent. Why? Moreover, can new pandemics be avoided? These were …

Norway has recorded its first major confirmed case of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) for 2021. The outbreak has been reported at a facility run by the family firm of Emilsen …

Thailand has continued to import fish from Norway, with salmon at the top of the list, but while the pandemic seriously dented the global economy, Norwegian seafood exports recorded a …

Many of us have come to see our homes as sanctuaries in 2020, but one property on the market is more secluded than most. A picturesque private island in Norway …

Norway exported 120,000 tonnes of salmon during October. Converted into whole fish, the volume was 138,674 tonnes which is the highest export volume yet for a single month. Low prices …

China may fall short of annual agricultural product purchasing commitments made in its Phase 1 trade deal with the United States due to “non-agricultural trade issues,” U.S. Department of Agriculture …

The Festival Exhibition 2020 at Bergen Kunsthall presents Norwegian-Sámi artist Joar Nango. Initially trained as an architect, Nango constructs his exhibitions as laboratories, investigating traditions and experiences from his cultural background in …

The Minister of Fisheries and Seafood has decided to make changes to the regulation for tourist fisheries in Norway. The changes will be implemented January 1st 2021. – The most …

Prominent Norwegian shipowner Arne Wilhelmsen has died over the weekend at the age of 90. Born in 1929, Wilhelmsen worked as a chartering assistant for Norway’s EB Lund & Co and later …

NORWAY has suspended further applications from salmon companies who want to send fish overseas to be processed. The move by the seafood and fisheries minister, Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen, follows a …

NORWAY’S fish farming companies face the unpalatable prospect of a new 40 per cent basic tax rate on their profits. That is the main majority recommendation from the special committee …

The United States will not reach a trade agreement with the European Union if agriculture is not included, a senior U.S. Agriculture Department official told reporters on Thursday. Ted McKinney, …

Norwegian fisheries ministers Harald Nesvik has met with Brazilian counterpart Tereza Christina in Brasilia, to discuss a number of seafood-related topics. This included the conditions for exports of Norwegian clipfish …

A fire at one of the world’s largest salmon farm killed almost 3 million fish.  Norwegian firm Leroy Seafood said a blaze tore through its Laksefjord facility on the northern …

Norwegian wind power developer NTB AS and its partners have announced an agreement to build a 250 MW wind farm in Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson, located adjacent to Crimea, …

Washington, DC—As Norway’s fisheries minister, Per Sandberg, travels around New York June 7-8 to promote Norwegian seafood, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) urges the city’s retailers, consumers and restaurateurs to …

McDonald’s will open 200 restaurants in the Nordic region over the next 10 years, as well as begin home deliveries this year in an attempt to take on rivals, such …

Norway-based fishing group Pelagia is expanding its business in Denmark with a plan to build a new herring facility. The plant will be located in the northern port town of …

With no road access, this emergency shelter in the Norwegian mountains was assembled to be almost maintenance-free. Ines Nastali reports. If you ever find yourself snowed under around Norway’s Preikestolen, Pulpit …

The Norwegian fisheries directorate has rejected Marine Harvest’s application for six development licenses to farm salmon on the “ship” (Skipet), an experimental fish farm design to produce salmon, the regulator …

As governments around the world shut the door on bitcoin operations, Norway says it is ‘delighted’ to welcome two new major crypto-mining data centres.   It used to be China …

The 36TH Annual Meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) was held in London from 13 to 17 November 2017. NEAFC is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for fisheries management …

Norway Royal Salmon and Aker obtained approval to increase their production volume of aquaculture operations in the Arctic after filing a complaint against the original allocation decision. According to both firms, their …