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    Food, fisheries and agriculture

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  • The Blue Justice initiative celebrates 5 years!

    11/06/2024 News story Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    The Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy Marianne Sivertsen Næss together with state secretary Bjørg Sandkjær (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) invites to a celebration conference that it

  • Norway's Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy to visit India

    22/10/2025 News story Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy Marianne Sivertsen Næss will visit Mumbai from 27 to 30 October to strengthen maritime cooperation with India. She will among others meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister of Ports, Shipping and

  • The Svalbard Global Seed Vault celebrates its 15th anniversary with new seed deposits

    28/02/2023 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    Today, the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was celebrated by 20 international gene banks depositing 20,000 new seed samples in the vault in Longyearbyen.

  • EU commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans visited the Norwegian minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy in Hammerfest

    21/03/2025 Press release Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    On Thursday, March 20, the EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, Costas Kadis, visited Hammerfest to meet with Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy, Marianne Sivertsen Næss. The visit is part of the ongoing dialogue between Norway and

  • White paper on total preparedness: Prepared for crisis and war

    10/01/2025 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    Today, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Minister of Justice and Public Security Emilie Enger Mehl presented the white paper on total preparedness. The white paper sets the direction for efforts to strengthen civilian resilience and total

  • The Norwegian Government’s proposed resource rent tax on aquaculture

    28/03/2023 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Finance

    The Government will today present a bill proposing a resource rent tax on aquaculture. The intention of the proposal is to ensure that local communities along the coast and society as a whole receive a greater share of the value that is created by

  • Norway contributes NOK 250 million to FAO crises response

    03/04/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Norway increases support for crisis response under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The funding will enable FAO to rapidly help people maintain food production in crisis situations.

  • Tighter restrictions on Russian fishing vessels enter into force

    13/10/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    The tighter restrictions on Russian fishing vessels over 500 gross tonnage announced on 6 October will enter into force on Friday 14 October. From that date these vessels will only be permitted access to the ports of Tromsø, Kirkenes and Båtsfjord.

  • Norwegian–Russian fisheries negotiations to be held in December

    21/11/2025 Press release Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    Norway and Russia have agreed that this year’s fisheries negotiations will be held in a virtual format from 8 to 12 December.

  • New Seeds in Svalbard Global Seed Vault

    28/05/2024 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    Svalbard Global Seed Vault welcomes shipments from four new depositors. The world’s largest repository of crop diversity raises the number of the samples in its care to 1.29 million.

  • Securing the foundation of our food supply

    06/06/2023 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    Today the Svalbard Global Seed Vault welcomes 40,507 new seed samples from nine genebank depositors, including collections from Latvia, Morocco, Taiwan, USA, Netherlands, Israel, Poland, Zambia, and Italy.

  • Important: Pets from Ukraine must be registered with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority

    12/04/2022 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    Ukrainian refugees arriving in Norway with their own pets must register these with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. The state will cover all costs for tests, ID marking, vaccination, parasite treatments and quarantine.

  • Two Newcomers Join Svalbard Global Seed Vault for Final Opening of 2022

    12/10/2022 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is set to accept new seed shipments from 12 genebanks around the world this week, adding two countries to its family of depositors in the process: Iraq and Uruguay.

  • Midnight Sun Shines on Latest Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit

    10/06/2022 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    The Svalbard Global Seed Vault once again opened its door to seeds from around the world. Eleven genebanks from Africa, America, Asia and Europe deposiied a total of 19,391 seed samples this week.

  • Travelling with dogs to Norway

    03/07/2024 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    Guidelines for travelling with dogs to Norway.

  • Largest deposit of seed to date in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

    28/02/2024 News story Ministry of Agriculture and Food

    In February, around 14,000 seeds are being deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The seed vault now has more than 1.2 million seed duplicates from about 80 countries.

  • Leaders will build on Glasgow legacy to establish Forests & Climate Leaders’ Partnership at COP27

    21/09/2022 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Climate and Environment

    The COP26 Presidency is inviting world leaders to come together at COP27 to establish a new Partnership, which will accelerate implementation of the unprecedented commitment made at COP26 by over 140 countries to halt and reverse forest loss and

  • Resource rent tax on aquaculture

    28/09/2022 News story Ministry of Finance

    The Government is proposing to introduce a resource rent tax on aquaculture from 1 January 2023. This proposal will be sent out for consultation today. Following the consultation, the Government will return to the Storting with a bill that will

  • Nigeria and Norway strengthen partnership in fight against fisheries crime

    29/08/2022 Press release Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Nigeria has signed up to the international declaration against organised crime in the global fisheries industry - known as the Copenhagen declaration. This took place on 24 August in the presence of Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy Bjørnar

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