Estimates show that ocean-based industries could more than double their contribution to the world economy by 2030. Ocean economies alone may create 40 million jobs globally by 2030.

Furthermore, the growing global population means that the world needs more resources and services from the oceans, such as food, energy, medicines, minerals and transport.

If we want to be able to realise the potential that lies in the oceans, we need policies and tools that promote economic development while taking ecological limits and climate change properly into account.

Combatting marine litter
We have several challenges to adress. Climate change and overexploitation of the environment and natural resources, such as pollution and overfishing, are creating enormous problems. Every year a staggering 12 million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean. This simply has to stop.

Norway has taken action at an international level to combat marine litter and microplastics. I am happy to state that a resolution put forward by Norway was passed at the UN Environment Assembly in December, on the longterm elimination of discharge of litter and microplastics to the oceans.

Although many others are also pushing the issue of marine litter to the top of the agenda, we need even closer international cooperation to combat this huge and growing problem.

The oceans are important for sustainable development
Norway has considerable expertise on ocean issues, which means that we can make an important contribution in this area. We want to further sustainable growth and share Norway’s experience of combining conservation and use of marine resources.

Norway will be the first government sponsor of the new UN Global Compact Business Action Platform on Oceans. In addition to this, Norway recently launched plans for a High-level Panel on Building a Sustainable Ocean Economy.

The High-level Ocean Panel will deliver a report on the importance of the ocean economy for sustainable development. Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg will chair the ocean panel, which will be made up of heads of state and government from a broad range of coastal states, including developing countries.

The panel will work closely with the UN and engage with other international initiatives in this fi eld. The work will commence in the first half of 2018, and will continue until 2020.

The high-level ocean panel is a concrete contribution towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the intention behind this initiative is to increase international awareness.

Sustainable use of the oceans and the maintenance of good environmental status can lead to signifi cant value creation, and can enable us to meet some of the world’s most vital needs in the years to come.

Conservation is investing in our future
As we develop and grow a new ocean economy, many people think that we stand before a hard choice between production and conservation. Using our oceans to produce food, energy and jobs is important, and that means that we must work even harder to fi ght pollution, waste and over-fishing as we step up research and innovation and discover unknown species and develop new ones.

With sustainable management we can harvest the riches of the sea without reducing their value. Using the oceans sustainably will not only pay off. It could be the smartest investment we ever make.

The NSC’s head offi ce is located in Tromsø and it employs representatives in Sweden, Germany, the UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, Japan, China, Singapore, and the USA. The Norwegian Seafood Council has some 75 employees and a 2017 budget of NOK 493 million.

The NSC’s main areas of business include:

In order to increase awareness of and demand for Norwegian seafood, the NSC carries out marketing activities in cooperation with players in the industry. Each year, some 500 projects are carried out in 25 different markets. These are all founded on NSC competencies within consumer analyses, international marketing, brand establishment, PR and different campaigns in shops or restaurants.

The NSC is a key player in the safeguarding of the Norwegian seafood industry’s positive reputation. The NSC engages in active information work and cooperates closely with media, NGOs, various interest groups, the fishery industry, and Norwegian authorities. To ensure reliable and updated information regarding Norwegian seafood, NSC works in close cooperation with expert bodies and Norwegian authorities.

NSC is the industry’s main source of statistics and trade information regarding seafood, and it continually monitors trends and developments in global seafood sales in general, but with a special focus on Norwegian seafood. The presentation of market insights is important, and the NSC runs trade seminars as well as presenting insight online and through press releases. In addition, NSC possesses updated insight on import quotas, tariff rates and trade conditions in the various markets, and based on this insight NSC is in a good position to advise Norwegian exporters on current framework trade conditions.

The Norwegian Seafood Council hosts websites in all the markets the NSC is represented in, presenting consumer information such as seafood recipes and seafood facts. www.seafood.no is the NSC’s B2B website where trade information and press releases are published.

The seafood industry represents Norway’s largest export industry after oil and gas. Norway exports farmed and wild fish to more than 150 countries.

The Norwegian Seafood Federation (Sjømat Norge) represents the interests of approximately 500 member companies. Their member companies cover the entire value chain from fjord to dinner table, including the fish processing industry, aquaculture, fishfeed, and marine ingredients sectors in Norway.

The Norwegian Seafood Federation’s head office is located in Oslo and is affiliated with the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO). NHO is the main representative body for Norwegian employers and companies ranging from small familyowned businesses to multinational companies.

• Promote policies and legislation that benefit their members
• Promote their members’ interests in regard to exports, trade and other international issues
• Advise member companies on a wide range of issues, including:
  • Health, environment and safety
  • Quality systems
  • Food safety
  • Trade regulations
  • Legal advice in employee matters
  • Represents employers in joint negotiations

Norway is uniquely blessed with a long and fertile coastline. The sea’s abundant resources have laid the foundation for sustaining active coastal communities combining innovation with traditional culture. Access to some of the world’s most productive marine environments allow businesses to deliver a wide range of seafood to all four corners of the world. Norway’s seafood industry is also bound to have a tremendous impact in the future. Norwegian Seafood Federation strives to ensure that the national authorities bear this in mind when determining national priorities.

More information at www.sjomatnorge.no/ norwegian-seafood-federation/

Norges Råfisklag is the fishermen’s own sales organization and it operates a well-functioning and modern marketplace for sustainable, wild-caught Norwegian seafood. The organization has a welldeveloped service system and offers fishermen and buyers a number of services directly related to trading, sales, payments and quality assurance.

The organization organizes and arranges the sale of codfish, shellfish and molluscs landed along the Norwegian coast from Nordmøre in the southwest to Finnmark in the northeast. The most important species are cod, coalfish, haddock and shrimps/ prawns. Fishing is carried out along the Norwegian coast, in the Barents Sea and around Spitsbergen.

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In 2015, approximately 150,000 catches from 5,200 fishing vessels with a total value of 9,7 billion NOK were sold to 195 seafood industries along the Norwegian coast. Most of these industries are also exporters.

An important premise of the organization is to ensure that the ocean’s resources are utilized in a sustainable manner and to achieve a profitable growth across the entire fishing industry. Ensuring the stability, predictability and security of the fishermen and the coastal communities is a social responsibility that the Norwegian Fishermen’s Sales Organization takes seriously.

In addition to the central organization in Oslo, which has cross sectoral responsibility for members’ interests, members also belong to one of 20 nationwide sectoral federations and one of 15 regional associations. The sectoral federations represent branch-related interests while the regional associations offer a local point of contact between companies and authorities.

NHO policies and priorities are decided by an executive council made up of 46 elected representatives from member companies. A ten member NHO Board chaired by the President makes decisions on policy issues with delegated authority from the executive council. A Director General is responsible for day-to-day operations in the administration.

NHO´s mission is to work in the best interests of their member companies in a way that also benefits society. Profitable companies create jobs and economic growth and contribute to the financing of the public sector and the welfare.

Norway is heavily dependent on open trade and an open investment climate. Foreign direct investments play an important role in maintaining Norway’s competitive edge and create the needed dynamism in the private sector.

• Pursuing business friendly policies and framework conditions that promotes sustainable growth and the development of a competitive business sector
• Collective bargaining with the trade unions
• Providing services and advising member companies on a wide range of issues

Use Norwegian financing as a tool to land important contracts. We offer a variety of solutions tailored to your company’s needs.

Finance your purchases from Norway. We offer medium and long-term loans from the Norwegian state.

• Market reports for your specific industry or service
• Consultancy related to import/ export/ customs issues
• Matchmaking services for foreign business delegations to Norway
• The only Arbitration Institute in Norway

INN is the one stop shop for relocation services which will give you the winning edge in attracting and retaining highly qualifi ed employees.

• Pre-visit
• Airport welcome
• Immigration/settling in
• Home finding
• School assistance
• Social events/networking
• Dual Career/Partner support
• Welcome to Norway seminar
• INN publications
• Expatriation from Norway
• Repatriation to Norway

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Arctic Group Maritime AS was established in Tromsø in 1990 and has since 2001 had a branch in Sweden, situated close to the Fishing Harbor of Gothenburg. From here Arctic Group conducts purchases and sales within the European Community. As a licensed exporter the company supplies Norwegian seafood of high quality world-wide. All trading is conducted in a reliable and professional manner. The company's more than two decades long experience in the international export market gives it an excellent knowledge that is used on a day-to-day basis to execute trades properly and effi ciently. Managing director of the company is Per-Gunnar S. Ballo and commercial operator is Ståle B. Ballo.

Arctic Group Maritime AS is one of Norway's leading exporters of live King Crab, caught at the coast line of the clean ice cold Barents Sea. Furthermore, they supply their customers with clusters from Snow and King Crab.

Stockfish
Through years of experience with stockfish, Arctic Group Maritime secures high quality based on Norwegian traditions. The company offers a wide range of stockfish products, both natural and artifi cially dried. Both stockfish bodies and stockfish heads of cod, haddock, saithe and ling are available within the assortment.

Frozen Fish
Arctic Group Maritime supplies a wide variety of high quality frozen fish products world-wide. The assortment includes products such as frozen cod, haddock and halibut, as well as products of salmon and trout.

1. Arctic Group Maritime’s CEO Per-Gunnar S. Ballo holding a live king crab before packing and shipment to South Korea.

2. Live king crabs are shipped out by charter air craft for distribution to worldwide markets

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Qiao Chen is Market Director for Asia. Her responsibility is to make sure that Bravo-fish of high quality and right size arrives on time on the other side of the world, preferably as soon after slaughter and packing as possible!

All this requires good planning before shipping and efficient tracking of shipments along the way. One must also be quick to react in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Bravo Seafood’s strength lies in its ability to organize and to be available 24/7. The company focuses on good service and customer satisfaction.

Qiao is Chinese, and speaks several different languages. She understands well customers’ needs and their quality requirements. Qiao says that Norwegian salmon is very popular in Asia for different reasons.

“The reddish meat is one of the most important factors. In addition, salmon is also very healthy and trendy. Its Norwegian origin is an extra guarantee for premium quality.”

That customers in Asia mainly want big size salmon is nothing new, but each customer also has their own quality requirements which have to be met. Bravo Seafood can supply fresh fish from its fish farmer partners from north to south along the Norwegian coast, and seeks to meet requirements to ensure that customers get the fish they want.

It is a long journey to the Far East. Bravo Seafood’s transport contractors ensure that shipments are loaded onto the right plane and the loads are taken care of all along the way. Salmon from the cold Norwegian fjords is a fresh food product. Many aspects such as temperature and time are critical factors and need to be taken into account during the long journey.

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The AquaScan Fishcounter is specifically designed for the high capacity counting of fish being transported through pipes. The fish pass unrestricted through an advanced sensor which registrers their size and counts them. Up to four counting sensors can transmit their data to the control unit simultaneously. They are ideal for use with grading machines or fish pumps.

1. Model CSE1600 counters in a typical setup, connected to a grader for smolts.

Model CSW2800: Ranging from 0,2g and with a wide scanning area it counts with impressive efficiency and accuracy.

Farmers can easily install the rugged, non-corrosive AquaScan Fishcounter themselves, as it requires only a minimal change to existing pipe/grader arrangements. The watertight electronics are reliable and very durable. To facilitate maintenance, the system’s modular design allows separate servicing or replacement of sub-units, if necessary.

AquaScan fish counters do not need space between the passing fish. The advanced imaging technology allows for a high level of accuracy and capacity.

The CSF-series counters are made for moving fish quickly and gently in water-filled pipeline systems.

AquaScan’s fish counters have been sold to aquaculture markets around the globe, including: Australia, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, the UK and the US.

5. Control Unit and CSE series.

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Eimskip Norway operates a fleet of reefer vessels and provides flexible and comprehensive services to its customers. By combining Eimskip’s container vessels, together with its reefer vessels, the company is able to find the best solutions for its customers.

• Murmansk/ Norway/ the Netherland/UK route
• Highly digestible
• Coastal route
• Door-to-door solutions world wide

Eimskip offers regular service for containerized transports to and from a wide range of ports in the North Atlantic.

• Biweekly call in Fredrikstad, connecting the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Canada and USA.

With direct port-to-port transport of full or part loads of chilled or frozen consignments, Eimskip’s spot service connects Scandinavia/ Europe to the North Atlantic, Russia, Poland, the Baltic and other viable markets.

Eimskip is a key international player in reefer logistics. By providing comprehensive doorto- door logistics solutions, Eimskip connects continents – fast and efficiently – through contacts worldwide. The forwarding and liner services complement and support each other in providing an integrated multimodal worldwide service.

Eimskip Norway operates coldstores in Kirkenes, Tromsø, Sortland and Ålesund. The company is a partner in a worldwide coldstore network in which discharging, online inventory, tallying and agency are all a part of a day’s work as well as connections to worldwide transport modes.

Eimskip’s team of highly qualified personnel offer their services in issuing specialized certificates, export and import documents.

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FrioNordica offers a full range of ice machines and ice plants to cover all of the requirements for onboard as well as landbased installations. Finsam containerized ice plants with plate ice machines and ice rake systems have proven to be the most reliable solution for fishing ports and processing plants worldwide. Such plants can be made fully automatic including “Auto-Ice” for self-service delivery to vessels and trucks.

FrioNordica offers two different concepts for ice slurry. One solution is based on use from an existing ice plant, the other by using the Finsam Flow-Ice units, which makes ice directly from seawater.

Aquaterm heat exchangers represent new technology in refrigeration, using enhanced tubular geometry and effective thin film principles in evaporation and condensation. These are the most compact designs on the market. Other features include low refrigerant charge, leak-proof welded tube-to-tube sheet joints and non-corrosive plastic end caps. Tubes and tube sheets are made of titanium for seawater applications. For freshwater applications, stainless 316 is used. FrioNordica offers assembled RSW and heat pump units with a capacity range of 90 to 2.500 kW. RSW systems can also be delivered as a package of components for tailor made installation on board.

30 ton ice machine.

Heat pump for Fish Farming.

The new RSW and heat pump models are equipped with FrioLogica Control, which is an electronic monitoring and control device for compressor and connected processes, with easy- to-operate touch display and online information on relevant conditions such as pressures, temperatures, flow, running hours, percent capacity, safety controls and alarm history. The system can communicate via internet and to central control systems.

FrioNordica is able to offer a full program of titanium heat exchangers for refrigeration plants. This program includes shell and tube condensers, oil coolers, and spray chillers. This product range also includes Flow-Ice generators to be used by other ice machine manufacturers. All titanium heat exchangers are offered with a 10-year warranty against corrosion.

RSW unit for Fishing Vessels

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Hofseth Aqua is a fully integrated trout farmer with 7 aquaculture licenses, in-house smolt production and primary processing plant. The company is headquartered in Aalesund, Norway and has an annual production of around 10,000 tons of rainbow trout from its 5 sea locations in Storfjorden in Stranda and Norddal kommune.

Sustainable production of high quality products is Hofseth Aqua’s core focus. Going forward the company also has strong growth ambitions and plan to further solidify its position as a leading producer of farmed rainbow trout. In that respect Hofseth Aqua is planning a number of major investments including new a wellboat, new smolt facility and one new sea location.

The company is 50/50 owned by Hofseth International in Aalesund and Alliance Seafoods in Japan. Hofseth International is one of Europe’s largest processors of salmon and trout.

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Hordafor concentrates its efforts on two products – liquid hydrolyzed salmon protein H-pro® and salmon oil H-oil®. These products are based exclusively on by-products from farmed salmon processed for human consumption, thereby guaranteeing very high standards of freshness and full traceability.

A huge advantage in using this raw material to produce Hordafor’s quality products: H-pro® and H-oil®.

• • A highly valuable source of protein in feed
  • Highly palatable
  • Highly digestible
  • No anti nutrients
  • In trial with piglets it was documented to give significant better feed intake and growth compared to soya protein concentrate
  • Guaranteed Salmonella free

• • Technological advantages – pellet quality
  • Significantly less dust
  • Stronger and firmer pellets
  • More and smaller pores leads to increased oil absorption

• • Peptides with potential bioactive properties related to:
  • Immunomodulation
  • Antimicrobial activity
  • A positive impact on the cardio system

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Hydema Syd AS offers a comprehensive product line designed to automate and improve the general working conditions for costal fishermen and fish farmers.

• Power blocks
• Fish farming power blocks
• Net clearers
• Automatic net haulers
• Pot haulers and rope blocks
• Line haulers
• Small-scale winches
• Capstans
• Power packs

Hydema AS’ products are sold and serviced by local representatives worldwide.

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As part of their ongoing commitment to grow a geographical presence alongside of their customers and the industry itself, Maritech’s innovative seafood software is sold around the world by Maritech, with offices in Oslo, Molde, Averøy, Harstad and Tromsø, Halifax, and Seattle. Maritech has additionally added functionality for IOT and automation systems, that is now an integral part of the cloud portfolio, Maritech DigitalSeafood™. Maritech Digital Seafood™ is comprised of a number of industry specific tools such as Analytics, Trading, Claims, Document Service, Quality, Journals etc.

Maritech’s software solutions supports and improves the daily procurement and sales processes with connected order, warehouse management and inventory optimization, sell through and direct store delivery, rapid sales and wholesale business. Their industry solutions provide the marketing, logistics, and financials capabilities that seafood operations need in order to offer customers and suppliers value-added services such as loyalty management, multiple currency, multiple languages, labeling and central billing of invoices. Processing functions tailored for seafood production include yield profit contribution calculation and dual units of measure capabilities to capture both catchweight and base weight units for variable weight products so critical to seafood operations

Maritech software solutions combine HACCP-compliant quality with the food distributor’s responsibility to be able to track, trace, and recall specific batches whilst constantly monitoring expiry dates on perishable products. In addition, companies gain comprehensive costing and profitability analytics and forecasting capabilities to help improve operational excellence across the entire supply chain.

Maritech’s customers range in size from single unit facilities to large multi-national corporations who manage multiple, vertically integrated operations spanning diverse locations and markets. With seafood industry expertise developed over the course of forty years, the company’s distinctive international framework puts Maritech in an unparalleled position to meet the global challenges that characterize the intricate seafood and aquaculture sector.

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Mr. Mathias Bjørge established the company in the summer of 1962, with a lifelong vision of making the "world's best salted and dried fish". With the help of his son Karl, he built the factory on their own land right at the center of the Norwegian coastline.

A few months later, the building was ready and Mathias Bjørge AS could begin production of salted and sun-dried fish. Now, more than 50 years later, the company is one of the few salted and dried fish producers still owned and run by a family. Over the generations, Mathias Bjørge AS has become well known on the global market because of its passion, innovation and focus on high quality products.

• Norwegian cod
• Pacific cod
• Tusk
• Ling
• Saithe

• King Crab
• Snow Crab

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Now customers and suppliers benefit from this smart way to sell and buy fish. Here Norwegian producers offer their products and customers can buy directly from them.

Usability is one of NFA’s focus areas, allowing the auction to be intuitive, efficient and safe to use. The NFA website adapts to different platforms and users can choose to buy or sell fish on their mobile phone, tablet or computer.

• - Direct access to Norwegian producers
• - Users have access to NFA.no where they can check market prices, price history and other statistics.

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The company exports quality salmon worldwide and was founded back in 1883 as a small family owned business. Nils Williksen AS remained so until the end of the 1980’s, when it modernized to become an integrated company focusing on quality farmed salmon.

Located at Vikna, an archipelago off the coast of Trøndelag, Nils Williksen is at the heart of one of the most prosperous areas for fisheries and aquaculture in Norway. The company considers the clean environment in which it operates as a competitive advantage. The location is ideally suited for farming salmon, ensuring good growth – from cold, clear waters on the coast of Namdal. The location furthermore ensures a minimum of transportation from harvest to packing. The salmon is packed at the company’s modern production plant, NT-166. The production plant is located close to the farming sites, ensuring short transportation to the production plant to secure the well-being of the salmon. Nothing is left to chance at Nils Williksen. Even the production plant is continuously upgraded to ensure that the customers get the best quality salmon at all times.

Nils Williksen has a long tradition of serving quality salmon to its demanding customers in the international market. The company’s goal is always to be the first choice of selected customers, providing high quality salmon in lasting business relationships. The company based in Trøndelag constantly works towards improving its performance in all steps of the production and handling until the products reach the customers.
Nils Williksen also offers full traceability – from hatchery to customer - and stringent fish well-being procedures.

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100% of Norway Royal Salmon’s salmon is produced in Norway. In remote areas along the coast, there the cold, fresh water provides the most optimal conditions for farmed salmon.

When Norway Royal Salmon started its journey towards becoming one of the leading manufacturers of sustainable Norwegian salmon, the company chosed the name with care. Norway Royal Salmon intended to give a clear signal about where the company was heading, in terms of the relationship with the natural environment, the public and customers. The name clearly reflects the company´s commitment.

For the most part, Norway Royal Salmon exports fresh whole salmon chilled on ice. However, the company can deliver salmon gutted in different ways, fi llet trimmed in different ways, or as other types of cut. Don’t hesitate to ask.

Norway Royal Salmon exports almost 1 million meals of salmon every day. The sustainable salmon is most often shipped as fresh salmon chilled on ice. This method preserves excellent quality all the way to the market places of Europe, USA and Asia and says much about the efficiency of Norway Royal Salmon´s advanced production and logistics operations. Total control of the quality of salmon farming from smolt to the market place enables the company to ship fresh salmon around the world in this way. It is this excellent quality that makes it possible to serve the salmon raw as sushi or sashimi around the world.

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Norsk Sjømat AS provides a wide range of great tasting treats from salmon bred in the fresh, clean and unpolluted Norwegian Fjords and coastal seawaters. The company’s assortment of favourites includes fi llet, fi llet portions, smoked salmon and gravlax. It’s not just another meal; it’s a culinary adventure. By-products are also available. The production facilities of Norsk Sjømat AS have the following approvals and certifi cations: BRC, HACCP, Debio, Global Gap and meet Kosher requirements. Norsk Sjømat AS offers adaptive packaging solutions, and customers can choose from Norsk Sjømat Group’s brands or their own private label.

Storm Seafood Inc. is one of the leading suppliers to the US food service industry of Norwegian salmon portions, salmon fi llets, sashimi grade products and smoked salmon. In business since 1997, the company has some of the major US restaurant chains and food distributors on its customer list, and a well established brand name. Storm Seafood Inc., with a location in Woodbury, Connecticut, is a subsidiary sales offi ce of Norsk Sjomat AS with deep roots in the Norwegian Seafood industry.

Vital Seafood AS is a producer of fish oil and fish meal from fresh, sustainable salmon byproducts of Norwegian origin. The company was established in 2008 when it discovered the untapped resources from salmon byproducts in the region. Vital Seafood AS felt it had a better alternative to wasting these resources and built a completely new and modern factory for animal and pet food production. The company is IFFO (Global Trust Certifi cation) and GMP+ certifi ed. Vital Seafood’s products are sold in Norway, Europe, Asia and North America.

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Premier Seafood works closely with some of Norway’s largest pelagic factories and some of the largest shipowners carrying frozenat- sea white fish. This enables the company to offer a wide range of frozen fish products from Norway to its customers worldwide.

Premier Seafood stands by a philosophy of creating and maintaining long-term business relations with its suppliers and customers and the company’s highly skilled staff makes sure to take care of its customers and their interests in the best possible way. The company’s dedicated staff travel around the world with its customers to learn from them and their local markets and Premier Seafood also takes its customers to Norway to inspect and test its products. Together, a strong relationship is built.

Premier Seafood’s main markets are the following:

• The Far East
• The US
• Africa
• Europe

Premier Seafood’s main products include:

• Mackerel (scomber scombrus)
• Capelin (mallotus villosus)
• Herring (clupea harengus)
• Greenland halibut (reinhardtius hippoglossoides)
• Redfish (sebastes marinus/sebastes mentella)
• Cod (gadus moruha)
• Haddock (melanogrammus aeglefinus)

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Polar Quality bases its company philosophy upon providing a positive link between customer and supplier. The company’s goal is to guarantee that supplies and quality comply in full with customer requests.

The fish farms are situated in idyllic locations in Norway with free access to pure, cold water. These provide the very best conditions for fish welfare, where the salmon can grow to optimal size and gain the very best quality.

The combination of ideal locations, modern facilities and a focus on quality and food safety has gained Polar Quality a position as a popular supplier both at home and abroad.

Polar Quality exports large volumes of fresh and frozen salmon to Europe, the US and Asia and has also a substantial distribution in Norway.

From Polar Quality’s offi ces in Bodø the company manages transport to customers, with an effi cient journey from the harvesting plant, to processing plants, supermarkets and the customer’s kitchen.

A network of suppliers spread over a large geographical area secures supplies of quality fish all year round.

• Fresh Atlantic Salmon.
• Frozen Atlantic Salmon.
• Fresh Skrei Cod.
• Fresh Cod

• ASC CoC certified.
• GLOBALG.A.P CoC certified.
• Atlantic Salmon farmed in the Skjerstadfjorden, rated as a “best choice” from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch® Program.
• MSC CoC certified
• Skrei Quality Mark licensed

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Seafood Partners AS receives every day new deliveries at one of more than 15 cold store terminals along the Norwegian coastline from vetted and approved fishing vessels. Through the use of smart and effi cient logistic solutions the company tailor to various customer’s specifi c requirements and their preferred conditions of purchase and delivery terms.

Seafood Partners is currently expanding its activity, export volume and global reach – continuously searching for new partners to create long lasting business relationships for mutual benefits.

Quality assurance and customer care is at the core of the company’s value base. Always focusing on the long-term aspect of the business to ensure the customer’s trust and the sustainability of Norwegian origin seafood. Seafood Partners is MSC certifi ed for export of North East Atlantic Cod, Haddock and Saithe.

Cod (Gadus Morhua)
• H/G, 1kg-, 1-2,5kg, 2,5-4kg

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
• H/G, 0,8kg-, 0,8kg+

Saithe (Pollachius virens)
• H/G, 0,9kg-, 1,2kg-, 1,2-2,3kg

Greenland Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)
• H/G, 1kg-, 1-2kg, 2-3kg, 3kg+
• Heads 0,4kg-, 0,4kg+

Redfish (Sebastes mentella, marinus)
• H/G, W/R

Catfish (Anarhichas minor, lupus, denticulatus)
• H/G, 1-3kg, 3kg+

Seafrozen white fish available from both LongLine and trawl catch. Other species such as: Salmon, Mackerel, Herring and various by-products also available on request.

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The company’s philosophy is to produce on a small scale to keep the environment clean, and optimize the welfare of salmon. Pure Norwegian Seafood prioritizes quality rather than quantity.

• Farmed salmon
• Salmon fillet
• Wild salmon
• Red Atlantic caviar
• Rainbow trout

• Genetically robust fish instead of fast growing fish
• Good locations
• Small-scale
• Low density

• High colour
• Low fat content
• Good strength
• Less gaping
• Less liquid loss
• High Omega content

Product of high quality, including the taste. Label Rouge is the only official label demanding taste results. High taste quality is measured through sensory analysis and tests from expert and non-expert consumers. Strict specifications followed up and certified by independent organizations recognized by the French Agriculture Ministry. Commitment of producers with demanding know-how and practice for the best taste.

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Seaborn was established in 2001 by a number of small and medium-sized family-owned companies with a long experience and tradition of fish farming through generations. The company’s fish farmers are very proud of the products that are being delivered all over the world and of the many meals being provided in 52 countries.

Seaborn’s 46 fish farms are located along the coast of Western Norway and in the Lofoten area. The farmers have unique local identities, and they are proud of the values they create in their respective districts in Norway. Seaborn is headquartered in Bergen and the company also has a sales offi ce in Sweden. It has become one of the largest exporters in Norway in record time.

Seaborn has a unique position as a sales organization for Norwegian fish farmers, serving as the link between the market and the producers thanks to its professional and dynamic team who is available around the clock. This gives the company fl exibility to supply both fresh and frozen salmon and trout all year round. Seaborn believes in its products and in the people involved throughout the process.

Quality and the environment

Only healthy fish eat, grow and maintain a high quality. Health and contentment are closely linked, which is why profitability throughout the value chain, from roe right through to the dinner plate, is dependent on the well-being of the fish. Clean water, the best feed, plenty of space in the cages and consistently good hygiene ensure good fish health without the use of medication. In addition, stringent regulations have been adopted to secure consumers’ right to good and healthy food.

A good quality control network is developed in the following manner: The authorities check that the regulations are complied with and that fish health is good. The fish farmers’ own control systems ensure good quality and revenues. Harvesting and packing stations and carriers are responsible for maintaining top quality all the way to the market.

Seaborn monitors all stages of the process. It is company responsibility to ensure that its customers are satisfied. Finally, the customer decides whether the fish meets his/her expectations, which is the crucial test. A traceability system and a certificate of quality enable everyone to check each stage of the value chain. Food safety can be documented all the way from the parent fish throughout the entire value chain for every delivery from Seaborn.

Seaborn’s Norwegian Salmon is the original Norwegian salmon, Salmon Salar, which belongs to the North Atlantic salmon stocks. Since the Ice Age, these fish have migrated to the Atlantic Ocean from their breeding grounds in Norwegian rivers. The rivers are cold year round because of the inflow of water from the glaciers and melting snow.

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Over thousands of years in a demanding climate, the salmon has evolved robust genes that are well adapted to the ice-cold water. Farmed salmon has been developed from genetic materials from Norway’s best salmon rivers. Contentment is the basis for growth and quality. Seaborn’s fish farmers give the fish plenty of space in the marine cages and the best feed on the market.

The success story of Norwegian fish farming all started with the Norwegian Fjord Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). This species thrives extremely well in the Norwegian fjords where the rivers swell with water from the glaciers and melting snow. This ensures lower salt content and excellent growing conditions for trout. The pioneers of fish-farming in Norway started farming trout and some never left it. The experience gained from farming Norwegian Fjord Trout laid the foundations for the technology that made the farming of Norwegian Salmon possible ten years later.

The bright pink color and white marbling of its meat give an added dimension to the eating experience, and make it a feast for the eye on a beautifully laid table. Like salmon, Norwegian Fjord Trout is in demand among master chefs as well as in private kitchens.

Our products - fresh and frozen - from whole fish to small bites

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Sekkingstad AS is a family owned company with more than 90 years of experience, working and selling high quality seafood products.
Innovation, commitment and competence are key words in the history of Sekkingstad AS. This has turned the company into a leading supplier of high quality Norwegian Salmon and Trout.
Their Norwegian plant and main offi ce, are both located only 30 minutes outside of Bergen –also referred to as «The Salmon Capitol of Norway». Effi cient logistics, quality certifi cation, fl exible processing lines and hands-onsales staff, ensure that customers worldwide get the products they expect.

Sekkingstads main plant, H-112, is a modern production facility for both whole and value added salmon and trout products.
Sekkingstad AS is the parent company of Skagerak Salmon, DK-4948EF, in Hirtshals, Denmark. Skagerak Salmon is Denmarks leading factory for value added salmon products. This factory allows Sekkingstad AS to provide high value added products such as portions and loins, packed to customers specifi cations.
In autumn of 2018, Sekkingstad AS will introduce the «Hav Line Method» including the processing boat Norwegian Gannet. This new method will improve the value chain dramatically and is reffered to as a «game changer» in the industry.

Sekkingstad AS is aware of the responsibility that comes with being a leading supplier of safe seafood.
The company’s certifi cations meet all major international seafood certifi cations and standards, such as Global Gap, Tesco Welfare, HACCP and ASC.

Sekkingstad AS contracted supplyers are mostly family owned companies, located in the southern part of Norway.

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The aquaculture industry has come to rely on the high quality mooring equipment provided by Sotra Anchor & Chain. The products supplied in aquaculture mooring systems consist of:

• Ploughs and conventional anchors
• Studless and studlink mooring chains
• Long link alloy chains
• Mooring shackles
• Fibre Robes
• Connection plates
• Mooring buoys

Extreme holding power:
Anchor type DRAG MX5 - a downscaled rig anchor for use in aquaculture moorings.

All mooring equipment provided by Sotra has certificates according to the Norwegian aquaculture standard NS-9415, to ensure that the customer can expect the best quality in every component.
Mooring equipment can be delivered from stock with a 0-day delivery time from one of the company’s centrally located deep sea quays.

Sotra Anchor & Chain offers mooring analysis to simulate how the mooring system works in the conditions at any given location, to calculate and optimize components of the mooring systems.

From its yards in Europe and the Far East, Sotra Anchor & Chain delivers its moorings to customers in Norway as well as those situated throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America.

In addition to mooring equipment, Sotra Anchor & Chain has a great stock of anchors & chains for vessels and oil-rigs. All the equipment is provided with a class certificate by major class societies such as Det Norske Veritas, Lloyds Register of Shipping, and the American Bureau of Shipping etc.

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Steinsvik’s equipment is designed to operate year after year in demanding environments.
The range includes complete solutions for effi cient feeding of fish, barges with feed storage capacity from 100 to 700 tons, central feeding systems for fish farms, and everything needed to monitor fish and environmental conditions.

Continuous development and close contact with the customers make Steinsvik’s tools and solutions necessary and useful in modern fish farming. The company is headquartered in Haugesund and has additional outlets along the coast of Norway, in Scotland, Chile, Vietnam, Canada, Oceania, Spain and Estonia. In addition, Steinsvik is also represented in Turkey, on Iceland and on the Faroe Islands.

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Fish Healh

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Uni Research undertakes marine environmental monitoring and impact assessment with an experience that span more than four decades. Their projects aim for sustainable development in both coastal and offshore areas.

One of the main objectives for the integrated environmental and aquaculture research is to provide critical knowledge for supporting the environment-friendly growth of the aquaculture industry, the sustainable management of the environment and its resources, as well as to actively fi nd and explore sustainable use of new marine biomasses. Their research contributes to the development of a circular bio-economy and to the blue-green revolution.

Uni Research is in the forefront of research on closed and semi-closed fish farming facilities. Over the last years the institute has made signifi cant contributions to the development of such systems, focusing on optimising growth and securing good health for the fish. Results are very promising both regarding robustness and welfare while constraining key challenges such as losses, escape and lice.

Uni Research is a partner in the national Centre for research-based innovation in close containment systems – SFI-Ctrl AQUA, which provides detailed knowledge on how fish farmers will benefi t from implementing closed systems for part of the farmed-fish’s life. Nofi ma is hosting the SFI.

To develop innovations and build capacity for the aquaculture industry, Uni Research and the University of Bergen collaborate at the Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Innovations. Here novel ways of using the environment to modulate biological processes are studied, for instance how different types of wavelengths of light can lead to the best possible production, robustness and welfare of farmed salmon. Novel analytical tools and technologies that industry can use to monitor the health, welfare and growth of fish in various environments will be created.

Key challenges such as escaped farmed fish and sea lice are part of the core research in aquaculture biology. Based on results from long-term studies in rivers and fjords in Western-Norway, the research group contributes to knowledge-based understanding of complex interactions between the aquatic environment and the aquaculture activities and to propose mitigation approaches and actions. These include among other, giving advice on when initiating spring delousing in farms in order to optimize the effect for out migrating wild smolts, and on methods to effi ciently remove escaped farmed fish from rivers. This research is conducted through a number of projects supported by both the aquaculture companies and government agencies, in a joint effort to promote sustainable aquaculture.

Uni Research develops biotechnological mechanisms aiming at supporting the production of sustainable feeds for the aquaculture industry. They screen and identify omega-3 rich microalgae strains, and optimize production. In collaboration with the company CO2Bio and the University of Bergen, Uni Research has established the National Algae-Pilot Mongstad facility. Here CO2 from the Technology Centre Mongstad capture plant is used to grow omega-3 rich algae for the fish farming industry.

Biotechnologists at Uni Research explore the industrial potential of marine organisms from extreme environments. DNA sequence information is used to identify and produce novel enzymes for the bioprocessing of industrial waste, such as lignocellulosics and marine by-products from fi sheries and aquaculture. This is a major contribution to the development of a circular bio-economy in Norway.

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