Norcod, the world’s largest cod farmer, has secured a new site, in Meløy municipality, near Bodø – which increases their capacity to 10,000 tonnes of cod a year.
Norcod, the Norwegian cod farming startup, has recently attracted attention from a range of investors, including the head of one of the country’s best known salmon producers.
Norway’s newest cod farming company, Norcod, has just carried out its first harvest and sent out samples to selected retailers, food service suppliers and producers in 16 countries.
The diversification of aquaculture is vital for the long-term success of the sector, argues Øyvind J Hansen, in the first instalment of an exclusive new series by Nofima.
Norwegian cod-farming venture Norcod has successfully raised NOK 105 kroner (€10.5 million) as it seeks to become the world's leading producer of responsibly farmed cod.
Norcod has shipped its first batch of hatchery-reared juvenile cod to marine cages this week, in a move the company hails as a “major milestone” for the sector.
Young's Seafood reports £545.9 million turnover for the 2018 financial year (4.3 percent growth), and 16 percent growth in earnings between 2017 and 2018.
Linn Therese Skår Hosteland grew up helping her family produce salmon, cod and halibut on a farm in western Norway. Despite wanting to escape the sector at 15, she has no regrets at returning in 2014…
A recently launched satellite monitoring programme suggests that a voluntary international trawling moratorium off the coast of the Svalbard archipelago is proving effective.
Dr Andrew Davie argues that, despite the struggles of Europe's cod and tuna aquaculture industries, there is still scope for the region’s fish farmers to diversify from the production of salmonid…
The belief that fish farms have an adverse impact on the quality of wild fish caught in their vicinity is largely misplaced, according to a recent study.
The live-storage of cod caught by purse seine vessels is experiencing something of a resurgence in Norway in the last few years. However, whether the market for this niche product can be grown in…
Called CATCH, the pioneering project aims to ensure the maximum sustainable value of Atlantic cod based on live storage – also known as capture-based aquaculture – as a means of both reducing large…
Poor Pacific cod harvests have put pressure on single frozen fillet availability, causing prices to rise to levels akin to their Atlantic counterparts, reports Robert Reierson in the latest Tradex…
Slow fishing in Alaska and Russia has left Chinese processors hard pressed for Pacific cod raw materials and a tightened twice frozen market in North America, reports Rob Reierson and Kyla Ganton in…
US - Many boats in Alaska are not dropping their nets for Pacific Cod as they continue to target Pollock instead, reports Rob Reierson in the Tradexx Foods 3-Minute Market Insight.
POLAND - Polish fish processor BG Production sp. z o.o. has unveiled plans to launch a new processing facility in the Bia?ogard Investment Park (BIP), in the countrys north-western part. The plant…
NORWAY - Entering the last month of 2016, the Norwegian seafood industry year to date exports totalled NOK 83.2 billion. By value this represents an increase of NOK 16 billion compared to the same…
EUROPE - North Sea cod fishermen will be able to land every catch not just cod more easily following an updated regulation which will remove limits on the number of days a vessel can spend in a…
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