Experts advise free, unlimited licenses for Norway’s onshore aquaculture January 16, 2015 Undercurrent News A Norwegian working group tasked with assessing the feasibility of onshore aquaculture has recommended that the sector be given licenses for free, reported Sysla.no. The permits should be separate from those for sea-based aquaculture, and their numbers should not be limited, Jens … Continue reading
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Undercurrent News January 7, 2015: Norwegian Entrepreneur To Invest In Orkla Backed Land Based Salmon Project
Norwegian Entrepreneur To Invest In Orkla Backed Land Based Salmon Project January 7, 2015, 9:41 am Undercurrent News Norwegian entrepreneur Bard Eker has joined a pool of investors backing a new land based salmon farming project in southeastern Norway, reported Norwegian media. The 53-year-old, who is best known for his involvement in the boat and car … Continue reading
Irish Examiner, 18 Dec 2014: Is there something fishy about the health advice on farmed salmon?
Is there something fishy about the health advice on farmed salmon? Irish Examiner, 18 Dec 2014 By Victoria White SMOKED salmon is the easy part of Christmas. Throw it on brown bread, with lemon and black pepper, and the innocents will think it’s posh and that you’ve spent a lot. But you can get 100g … Continue reading
Undercurrent News, 24 Oct 2014: Norway Looks Into Regulation For Land Based Aquaculture
Norway Looks Into Regulation For Land Based Aquaculture Undercurrent News 24 Oct 2014 Norway’s industry and fisheries ministry has set up an expert committee to assess what regulations should apply for land-based aquaculture. Technology for land-based salmon production is evolving, both in Norway and abroad, noted the fisheries minister Elisabeth Aspaker. “How we manage closed facilities … Continue reading
Undercurrent News, 6 Oct 2014: Norway salmon farms told to urgently find solutions to rising sealice levels
Norway salmon farms told to urgently find solutions to rising sealice levels October 6, 2014, 6:18 pm Undercurrent News Salmon farm. Photo: Norwegian Seafood Council. Rising sealice pressure has increased costs for Norwegian salmon farms in the summer, and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority is urging the industry to develop alternative solutions to the problem, or … Continue reading
Undercurrent News, 24 September 2014: US Seafood Entrepreneur Betting On US Inland Farmed Salmon
US Seafood Entrepreneur Betting On US Inland Farmed Salmon Under Current News September 24, 2014, 5:37 pm By Matt Whittaker Longtime fish farmer and former Villa Organic CEO Johan Andreassen is planning a bet on inland farming of Atlantic salmon in the United States. Now the chairman of Norway-based Atlantic Sapphire, Andreassen is in the … Continue reading
E News, 11 Sept 2014: Fish ” Ebola ” threaten aquatic China stopped importing the whole Norwegian Salmon
Fish ” Ebola ” threaten aquatic China stopped importing the whole Norwegian Salmon E News, 11 Sept 2014 Norway Video Security Bureau, said that since September 10, 2014 China will ban imports of Norwegian salmon whole . Oriental IC Data Figure Ebola outbreak in West Africa , has claimed thousands of lives , and … Continue reading
Undercurrent News, July 24 2014: Stricter sealice rules in Norway, tight supply could see salmon prices spike in 2015, say analysts
Stricter sealice rules in Norway, tight supply could see salmon prices spike in 2015, say analysts Undercurrent News, July 24 2014 Stricter sea lice rules in Norway combined with a tight supply could lead to a new salmon price spike in 2015, argued analysts from the investment bank Norne Securities. In a report in which they warn that … Continue reading
Undercurrent News, 10 July 2014: Grieg manager given prison sentence over misleading lice reports
Grieg manager given prison sentence over misleading lice reports Undercurrent News, 10 July 2014 A production manager at Grieg Seafood who filed misleading sea lice reports has been given a 30 day prison sentence, after Norwegian authorities reviewed an earlier court ruling to only fine the culprit, reports iLaks.no. The female manager, who still is … Continue reading
Under Current News, 7 July 2014: Salmon escape traced back to farm thanks to DNA sampling
Salmon escape traced back to farm thanks to DNA sampling Under Current News, 7 July 2014 Researchers in Norway have successfully identified the farm at the cause of an escape of farmed salmon last autumn, by analyzing DNA samples from the escaped fish. The researchers, from the Institute of Marine Research, had been asked by … Continue reading
