https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A species of trout that his lived in the Bandak lake in Norway’s Telemark county since the Ice Age is under threat due to development. https://www.thelocal.no/20171103/norwegian-power-plant-threatens-local-trout-species Fri, 03 Nov 2017 11:39:33 +0100 norwegian-power-plant-threatens-local-trout-species Police in Norway are set to open investigations into what authorities suspect to be illegal releases of pike fish at several locations in the country. https://www.thelocal.no/20170720/norwegian-police-to-investigate-fish-mafia Thu, 20 Jul 2017 17:33:54 +0200 norwegian-police-to-investigate-fish-mafia Norway’s new banknotes enter circulation tomorrow, with fish and viking ships taking the place of cultural and historical figures on the reverse. https://www.thelocal.no/20170529/here-are-norways-new-maritime-themed-banknotes Mon, 29 May 2017 18:56:06 +0200 here-are-norways-new-maritime-themed-banknotes The biggest cod fish catch by a woman for more than four decades has been pulled out of Arctic waters by a 35-year-old from Uddevalla in western Sweden. https://www.thelocal.no/20160314/swede-reels-in-world-record-with-monster-fish-catch-in-norway Mon, 14 Mar 2016 16:26:06 +0100 swede-reels-in-world-record-with-monster-fish-catch-in-norway Norway registered record fish exports in 2015 thanks to a weaker currency which compensated for a Russian food embargo, an industry body said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20160105/russian-embargo-cant-stop-record-norway-fish-exports Tue, 05 Jan 2016 16:47:52 +0100 russian-embargo-cant-stop-record-norway-fish-exports During the last few days, no fewer than 17 bonito fish, which are more usually found in the Mediterranean, have been caught in the Oslo fjord. https://www.thelocal.no/20150804/mediterranean-fish-caught-in-oslo-fjord Wed, 05 Aug 2015 01:06:39 +0200 mediterranean-fish-caught-in-oslo-fjord Norway has confirmed that it will contribute €400m a year to boost social and economic equality in Europe in exchange for improved access for Norwegian exports in EU markets, especially fish and seafood. https://www.thelocal.no/20150720/norway-makes-eu-deal-to-extend-fish-exports Mon, 20 Jul 2015 17:54:16 +0200 norway-makes-eu-deal-to-extend-fish-exports A man fishing off Norway's Lofoten peninsular hooked a halibut so enormous that the only way he could get a photograph was to leap into the water alongside it. https://www.thelocal.no/20150603/man-in-norway-catches-fish-too-big-for-boat Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:29:03 +0200 man-in-norway-catches-fish-too-big-for-boat With exports to China still struggling in the wake of the Nobel prize debacle, Norway’s salmon industry is making inroads into an unlikely Asian market: North Korea. https://www.thelocal.no/20150510/norway-exporting-salmon-eggs-to-north-korea Mon, 11 May 2015 01:02:14 +0200 norway-exporting-salmon-eggs-to-north-korea Norwegian vets are up in arms about a “scientifically illiterate” European directive that mandates the use of homeopathic medicines as the first line of treatment for organic farmed fish. https://www.thelocal.no/20150423/eus-crazy-homeopathic-cure-for-norway-fish Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:31:58 +0200 eus-crazy-homeopathic-cure-for-norway-fish A fish farmer in northern Norway plans to begin producing caviar from farmed Siberian sturgeon in what he calls “a milestone” for the country’s fish industry. https://www.thelocal.no/20150218/norway-fish-farmer-to-pioneer-russian-caviar Wed, 18 Feb 2015 10:46:41 +0100 norway-fish-farmer-to-pioneer-russian-caviar Norway is taking its May 17 Constitution Day celebrations across the North Sea, unveiling plans to generously give away a whopping 16 tonnes of cod so that fish and chip shops across the UK can offer their customers a celebratory meal for just 99p. https://www.thelocal.no/20140509/norway-gives-uk-16-tonnes-of-cod-for-may-17 Fri, 09 May 2014 15:32:00 +0200 norway-gives-uk-16-tonnes-of-cod-for-may-17 More than 47,000 salmon have escaped their cages in the Ålfjorden north of Stavanger, fuelling environmentalist fears that Norway's salmon farming industry will destroy wild salmon stocks and weaken the natural gene pool. https://www.thelocal.no/20140415/thousands-of-salmon-escape-cages-in-norway Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:24:54 +0200 thousands-of-salmon-escape-cages-in-norway Bjørn Frilund was gutting a large cod he'd caught, when he felt a big lump in its belly. As he cut in, he first found two semi-digested herrings. Then he pulled out a hefty orange vibrator. https://www.thelocal.no/20140411/man-finds-dildo-in-cods-stomach Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:52:00 +0200 man-finds-dildo-in-cods-stomach A last-ditch attempt to bridge the impasse over mackerel fishing rights in the North Sea and north Atlantic broke down on Wednesday, meaning there will be no agreement for the 2014 fishing season. https://www.thelocal.no/20140306/truce-breaks-down-in-mackerel-war Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:52:00 +0100 truce-breaks-down-in-mackerel-war A fisherman has wowed Norway's fishing community after sending pictures of a monster 80kg cod he caught last year to the Fiskeribladet trade newspaper. https://www.thelocal.no/20140217/norway-fisherman-catches-monster-cod Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:17:00 +0100 norway-fisherman-catches-monster-cod Norwegian salmon farming giant Marine Harvest has posted its highest profit ever on the back of record high salmon prices and solid growth. https://www.thelocal.no/20140205/salmon-giant-marine-harvest-posts-record-profit Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:06:00 +0100 salmon-giant-marine-harvest-posts-record-profit The billionaire founder of Marine Harvest, the Norwegian salmon farming giant, has revealed plans to convert his surplus cargo vessels into floating fish farms. https://www.thelocal.no/20140129/norway-to-use-ships-as-floating-salmon-farms Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:26:00 +0100 norway-to-use-ships-as-floating-salmon-farms A sudden drop in temperature in northern Norway froze a school of fish solid as they tried to escape en masse from a bay. https://www.thelocal.no/20140115/school-of-fish-frozen-solid-as-winter-hits Wed, 15 Jan 2014 09:05:00 +0100 school-of-fish-frozen-solid-as-winter-hits Norway sold a record 61 billion kroner ($10bn) worth of salmon in 2013, as key markets rebounded in Western Europe. https://www.thelocal.no/20140107/norway-sets-salmon-sales-record Tue, 07 Jan 2014 17:22:00 +0100 norway-sets-salmon-sales-record