Norwegian aquaculture competitors team up to create game-changing innovations
Page date: published 8 March 2023; updated 21 September 2026; 4 min read (as rendered).
The article presents Norway’s aquaculture sector as a collaboration among producers, research groups, technology suppliers and government. It describes NCE Aquatech Cluster as having more than 100 members and references the Green Platform-funded SusOffAqua offshore aquaculture project, completed in 2024. Its global food-demand projections are older cited forecasts.
Examples include Pharmaq’s fish vaccines and disease analyses; Skala Maskon’s automated fish-vaccination machine, designed to reduce on-site staffing and vaccine transport; and Spillfree’s VideoTools feeding analysis, which uses farm data to help adjust feeding and reduce feed waste. The page says seven in ten vaccinated farmed fish globally receive Pharmaq vaccines and characterizes Norwegian fish farming as having very low antibiotic use. These are article claims, not independently verified performance assessments.
The article also describes offshore aquaculture as a potential way to increase food supply and encourages international firms to engage with Norway’s aquaculture cluster and supplier network.
Related link: Aquaculture and fisheries.