Jason Holland

China purchased a record 80,000 metric tons (MT) of fresh Norwegian farmed salmon in 2023, as trade between the two countries got fully back on track following Covid-19, according to Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) China Director Andreas Thorud. Speaking at the 2024 North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF),  which took place in Bergen, Norway, from 5 to 7 March, Thorud said the Covid years were very challenging in China from both a demand and supply… Read More

Salmon has become more expensive than other protein options in recent years, which has placed heavy pressure on the industry to justify those premium prices, according to Cargill President and Aqua Nutrition Group Leader Helene Ziv-Douki.

Speaking at the 2024 North Atlantic Seafood Forum in Bergen, Norway, Ziv-Douki said Cargill is convinced sustainability will be key to justifying prices. 

Within the scope of sustainability, she said, the

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The United Kingdom is one of Norway’s top markets for seafood exports, but it’s also a country that’s been gradually buying and consuming less fish, having sourced less volume of almost every species last year, according to Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) Analyst Eivind Braekkan.

Speaking at the 2024 Norway-U.K. Seafood Summit in London, England, Braekkan said the only fish import to see an increase in volume sent to the U.K.

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Norwegian fish-farming firm SalMar has announced the launch of the “Salmon Living Lab” – a new R&D initiative aimed at attaining in-depth knowledge about biological performance in aquaculture operations.

Introducing the project at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) 2024 in Bergen, Norway, SalMar CEO Frode Arntsen said it will be a continuation of SalMar’s longstanding mission of ensuring the health and strength

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Norwegian land-based salmon producer Andfjord Salmon has announced plans to use spare pool capacity as part of a post-smolt production strategy for supplying ocean-based farming operations around the country.

Delivering Andfjord Salmon’s fourth-quarter 2023 results on 29 February 2024, CEO Martin Rasmussen said the new strategy has the potential to unlock significant value for the company, as well as for ocean-based farmers and other

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A larger harvest and higher average sales prices helped Frøya, Norway-headquartered salmon-farming group Måsøval achieve operating revenues of NOK 688.4 million (USD 65.4 million, EUR 60.3 million) in the fourth quarter of 2023, up from the NOK 400.3 million (USD 38 million, EUR 35.1 million) reported for the corresponding period of 2022.

For the full year 2023, Måsøval’s operating revenues exceeded NOK 2.4

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Norway has long been a leading exporter of seafood to the United Kingdom, with the Scandinavian country holding an estimated 20 percent share of the U.K. seafood import market just last year.

However, there are worrying Norway-U.K. seafood trends arising, mainly regarding declining fish consumption among Britons and subsequent dips in import volumes of Norwegian cod, salmon, and prawns.

This topic was a major discussion point at the 2024

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Due to a solid fourth quarter in 2023 and a strong financial year overall, Bergen, Norway-headquartered Lerøy Seafood Group (LSG) is making steady progress toward meeting most of its 2025 strategic targets originally set in mid-2022, according to the company's CEO, Henning Beltestad.

These objectives include an EBIT of NOK 1.25 billion (USD 118 million, EUR 109.1 million) for its downstream Value-Added Processing, Sales, and Distribution

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European fisheries body Europêche has called upon European policymakers to rework elements of the E.U.'s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), including strengthening its socioeconomic and food security sections and ensuring the European seafood industry is maintains its competitiveness internationally.

Alongside these requests, in a recent meeting with member states in preparation for the next legislative term of the European Parliament,

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