Norwegian aquaculture technology in demand

摘要

ALTHOUGH NORWAY IS probably best known in the aquaculture industry for pioneering the farming of Atlantic salmon, Norwegian technology suppliers have, during the past decade, become more and more involved with warm-water aquaculture.They have delivered equipment and services to a number of tropical or sub-tropical fish farming operations, for example the farming of tilapia in Malaysia and cobia in Vietnam.As well as salmon, Norway has been leading the way in farming other cold water marine species such as halibut, turbot, cod and wolfish.This expertise has been reflected in the number of people who attended Aqua Nor 2015, the world's largest aquaculture exhibition, which was held in the mid-Norwegian city of Trondheim during the summer."The salmon industry is going well in Norway, and a lot of countries with aquaculture ambitions are now looking to Norway for ideas," said the show's communications director, Erik Hempel.Recognising that visitors to Aqua Nor want to be updated professionally i.e. listen to presentations and attend seminars etc, the Nor-Fishing Foundation, which organises the exhibition, put on a special seminar 'Is Norwegian aquaculture technology relevant to other countries and other species?'.The seminar was so overbooked that it was filmed and can be viewed at www.aqua-nor.no.