Seacloud acquires Meox’s environmental monitoring portfolio. Bluefront Equity-owned Seacloud, a provider of software and sensor technologies to the fish farming industry, has entered into an agreement to acquire Meox’s environmental monitoring […]
Bad weather hampers Norwegian pelagic fleet. Several Norwegian boats ventured for herring in northern area and bad weather hampered the activities of the mackerel fleet last week, according to an […]
Top 40 finalists for Fish & Chip Takeaway of the Year 2024 announced. The golden moment has arrived where the National Fish and Chip Awards serves up the announcement of […]
Health and the environment tempt more people to eat kelp. How is it possible to get more people to eat kelp? Health and the environment are the two best arguments. […]
Coastal fisheries show resilience to marine heat waves Rutgers-led research found that marine heat waves – prolonged periods of unusually warm ocean temperatures – haven’t had a lasting effect on […]
Lerøy invests in Norwegian seafood plant Lerøy is investing 158 MNOK in a seafood processing plant at Kjøllefjord in Norway. “This is a significant investment for the seafood producer Lerøy, […]
New use for lumpfish. It has long proved difficult to find other uses for lumpfish (lumpsucker) once it has finished its mission as a lice eater in fish farms. Now […]
Naviaq and Seacloud in digital seafood merger. Bluefront Equity-owned software companies Naviaq and Seacloud have decided to merge in order to provide customers in the aquaculture industry with a broader […]
CEO of the Norwegian Seafood Council, Christian Chramer, reflecting on an immersive first six-months and projections for a busy and ambitious future. Being a CEO brings both its trials and […]
Intense fishing and overexploitation have led to evolutionary changes in fish stocks like cod, reducing both their productivity and value on the market. These changes can be reversed by more […]
It was another good blue whiting week with a total of 53,500 tons in the journal. This quantity is fished by 29 different boats with catches from 670 t as the lowest, […]
Establishing a national network for new farming species. The coast is full of low-trophic level species that can be used for food, feed and health products. Now industry players, scientists, […]
The Aquaculture Research Station in Tromsø has opened one of the world’s most advanced research facilities for onshore fish farming. Teaching, education and research will have facilities that up until […]
Bluefront Equity invests in tech company Seacloud. Seafood investor Bluefront Equity becomes majority owner of tech company Seacloud AS, which delivers cloud-based software and sensor technology for analysis and utilisation […]
Norwegian seafood worth NOK 15.4 billion was exported in October. The highest value ever in a single month and an increase of NOK 3.3 billion, or 27 per cent, from […]
Norwegian Seafood Council announces new UK Director. Victoria Braathen has been appointed the Norwegian Seafood Council’s (NSC) new envoy to the United Kingdom. She will start her position in London […]
Christian Chramer is the new CEO of Norwegian Seafood Council By unanimous decision, the board of the Norwegian Seafood Council has appointed Christian Chramer (48) as our new CEO. “We […]
Merger between SalMar ASA and Norway Royal Salmon ASA. SalMar ASA (“SalMar”) and Norway Royal Salmon ASA (“NRS”) (“the Parties”) have entered into a merger plan whereby the two entities […]
Photo: Lars-Åke Andersen A new report from Norwegian research institute Nofima shows that fishing tourism has created 410 jobs in Troms and Finnmark. The report is based on information and […]
Photo: Silje Kristoffersen/Nofima It can cost between NOK 40 and 43 per kilogram of round weight to farm a cod until it is ready for slaughter. Is it possible for […]