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the norwegian fi shermen’s

sales organization

The Norwegian seafood industry is one of the country’s largest and most important export industries.
The industry has a proud history and a fantastic future. The Norwegian Fishermen’s Sales Organization
(Norges Råfi sklag) is an important part of this success story. The organization handles important national
functions within the trade of seafood, and works to safeguard fi shermen’s incomes and contribute to a
sustainable and profi table growth in the Norwegian fi shing industry.

© Charles A. Aas About the Organization In 2015, approximately 150,000 catches
Norges Råfi sklag is the fi shermen’s own
from 5,200 fi shing vessels with a total
sales organization and it operates a
value of 9,7 billion NOK were sold to
well-functioning and modern marketplace
for sustainable, wild-caught Norwegian 195 seafood industries along the
Norwegian coast. Most of these
seafood. The organization has a well- industries are also exporters.
developed service system and offers
fi shermen and buyers a number of Ensures Sustainable Use
services directly related to trading, sales, An important premise of the
payments and quality assurance. organization is to ensure that the
ocean’s resources are utilized in
The organization organizes and arranges a sustainable manner and to
the sale of codfi sh, shellfi sh and molluscs achieve a profitable growth across
landed along the Norwegian coast from the entire fishing industry. Ensuring
Nordmøre in the southwest to Finnmark in the stability, predictability and
the northeast. The most important species security of the fishermen and the
are cod, coalfi sh, haddock and shrimps/ coastal communities is a social
prawns. Fishing is carried out along the responsibility that the Norwegian
Norwegian coast, in the Barents Sea and Fishermen’s Sales Organization
around Spitsbergen. takes seriously.

© Einar Mortensen

The Norwegian Fishermen’s Sales
Organization (Norges Råfi sklag)
PO Box 6162 Langnes
NO-9291 Tromsø, Norway
Tel: +47 77 66 01 00
E-mail: fi rmapost@rafi sklaget.no
Website: www.rafi sklaget.no

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