Norwegian seafood products
Every category from the Norwegian coast and fisheries, farmed and wild. Formats and seasons are typical and confirmed per quotation.
64 products
Atlantic salmon
FarmedSalmo salar
Atlantic salmon is Norway's largest farmed species, raised in sea cages along the coast and harvested year-round. It is traded fresh or frozen as head-on gutted fish, fillets with agreed trim levels, and portions.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Farmed
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Rainbow trout farmed in Norwegian fjords is marketed as fjord trout. It is produced to similar sizes and formats as salmon: head-on gutted, fillets and portions, fresh or frozen.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Farmed
Arctic char
FarmedSalvelinus alpinus
Arctic char is a salmonid farmed in land-based and freshwater facilities in Norway, in smaller volumes than salmon and trout. It is typically sold as whole gutted fish or fillets, fresh or frozen.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Farmed
Farmed cod
FarmedGadus morhua
Farmed Atlantic cod is produced in sea cages in Norway and harvested year-round, which makes fresh cod available outside the wild fishing season. Formats follow wild cod: head-on gutted, fillets and loins.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Farmed
Farmed halibut
FarmedHippoglossus hippoglossus
Atlantic halibut is farmed in Norway in land-based and sea-based facilities and harvested year-round. It is sold whole or gutted, as fillets or steaks, usually fresh.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Farmed
Blue mussel
FarmedMytilus edulis
Blue mussels are cultivated on long-lines in Norwegian fjords and sold live in net bags, or cooked and frozen as whole shells or meat. Toxin monitoring determines when a site may be harvested.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Farmed
Pacific oyster
FarmedMagallana gigas
Pacific oysters are cultivated in Norwegian coastal waters and sold live, graded by size. The species also occurs wild along the southern coast.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Farmed
European flat oyster
FarmedOstrea edulis
The European flat oyster is native to Norway and is produced in small volumes in sheltered coastal sites. It is sold live and graded by size.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Farmed
Great scallop
FarmedPecten maximus
Great scallops in Norway are mainly hand-picked by divers along the western coast, with some cultivation. They are sold live in the shell, on the half shell, or as shucked meat with or without roe.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Sugar kelp
FarmedSaccharina latissima
Sugar kelp is cultivated on ropes along the Norwegian coast and harvested in spring. It is supplied fresh, blanched and frozen, salted or dried for food use.
- Season
- Apr–Jun
- Origin
- Farmed
Winged kelp
FarmedAlaria esculenta
Winged kelp is a brown seaweed cultivated alongside sugar kelp in Norwegian sea farms and harvested in spring. It is sold fresh, frozen, salted or dried.
- Season
- Apr–Jun
- Origin
- Farmed
Atlantic cod
WhitefishGadus morhua
Atlantic cod is Norway's most important wild whitefish, caught in the Barents Sea and along the coast throughout the year. It is traded fresh and frozen as head-on or headed and gutted fish, fillets and loins.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Skrei (migrating cod)
WhitefishGadus morhua
Skrei is North-East Arctic cod that migrates to the Norwegian coast to spawn between January and April. It is landed fresh in this period, and roe and liver are traded alongside the fish.
- Season
- Jan–Apr
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Haddock
WhitefishMelanogrammus aeglefinus
Haddock is caught in the Barents Sea and along the Norwegian coast year-round, often together with cod. It is sold fresh and frozen as gutted fish and fillets.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Saithe
WhitefishPollachius virens
Saithe is fished along the whole Norwegian coast and in the North Sea throughout the year. It is traded as headed and gutted fish and as fillets, fresh or frozen, and is also used for salted and dried products.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Ling
WhitefishMolva molva
Ling is a deep-water species in the cod family caught by longline and gillnet off the Norwegian coast. It is sold headed and gutted or as fillets, and is a common raw material for salted fish.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Blue ling
WhitefishMolva dypterygia
Blue ling lives deeper than ling along the continental slope and is taken mainly as bycatch in Norwegian longline and trawl fisheries. It is sold headed and gutted or as fillets, mostly frozen or salted.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Tusk
WhitefishBrosme brosme
Tusk is a cod-like deep-water fish caught by longline along the Norwegian coast and banks. It is sold headed and gutted or as fillets, fresh, frozen or salted.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Pollack
WhitefishPollachius pollachius
Pollack is caught in smaller volumes along the southern and western Norwegian coast, mostly by line and net. It is sold gutted or as fillets, fresh or frozen.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Whiting
WhitefishMerlangius merlangus
Whiting is a small cod-family species caught in the North Sea and Skagerrak, mainly by trawl. It is traded headed and gutted or as fillets.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
European hake
WhitefishMerluccius merluccius
European hake is caught in the North Sea and along the Norwegian coast, where catches have increased in recent years. It is sold whole gutted, headed and gutted or as fillets, fresh or frozen.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Redfish
WhitefishSebastes norvegicus / Sebastes mentella
Redfish covers golden redfish and beaked redfish, slow-growing species caught by trawl and longline in the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea. It is sold whole or headed and gutted, often frozen, and as fillets.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Monkfish
WhitefishLophius piscatorius
Monkfish is caught by gillnet along the Norwegian coast, with the largest landings in the north. It is traded whole, as tails or as fillets, fresh or frozen.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Atlantic wolffish
WhitefishAnarhichas lupus
Atlantic wolffish is caught along the Norwegian coast, mostly as bycatch in longline and trawl fisheries. It is sold headed and gutted or as skinless fillets.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Spotted wolffish
WhitefishAnarhichas minor
Spotted wolffish is the larger of the two wolffish species landed in Norway and is caught mainly in the Barents Sea. It is traded headed and gutted or as fillets, usually frozen.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Atlantic halibut (wild)
FlatfishHippoglossus hippoglossus
Wild Atlantic halibut is the largest flatfish in Norwegian waters and is caught by longline and gillnet. Norway closes the fishery from late December to the end of March; outside that period it is sold whole, gutted, as fillets or steaks.
- Season
- Apr–Dec
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Greenland halibut
FlatfishReinhardtius hippoglossoides
Greenland halibut is a deep-water flatfish fished along the continental slope off Northern Norway, with a directed coastal fishery in set periods in summer and bycatch the rest of the year. It is mostly sold frozen, headed and gutted or as fillets.
- Season
- May–Sep
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Turbot
FlatfishScophthalmus maximus
Turbot is landed in small volumes along the southern Norwegian coast and in the North Sea, mostly as bycatch in net fisheries. It is sold whole or gutted, usually fresh.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
European plaice
FlatfishPleuronectes platessa
Plaice is caught in the North Sea and Skagerrak and along the Norwegian coast, mainly by trawl and gillnet. It is traded whole gutted or as fillets, fresh or frozen.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Lemon sole
FlatfishMicrostomus kitt
Lemon sole is a small flatfish taken along the Norwegian coast and in the North Sea, mostly as bycatch. It is sold whole gutted or as fillets, mainly fresh.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Witch flounder
FlatfishGlyptocephalus cynoglossus
Witch flounder is a deep-water flatfish caught by trawl and net in the Norwegian Sea and North Sea. It is traded whole gutted or as fillets.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
European flounder
FlatfishPlatichthys flesus
European flounder lives in shallow coastal and brackish waters along the Norwegian coast and is caught in small volumes, mainly by net. It is sold whole or as fillets.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Skate
FlatfishRajidae
Skate covers several ray species landed along the Norwegian coast, mostly as bycatch in net and longline fisheries. Only the wings are traded, fresh or frozen, skinned or skin-on.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Clupea harengus
Norwegian spring-spawning herring is the largest herring stock in the North-East Atlantic and is fished by Norwegian purse seiners and trawlers mainly from autumn to late winter. It is sold frozen whole round, as fillets and flaps, and as raw material for marinated products.
- Season
- Sep–Mar
- Origin
- Wild-caught
North Sea herring
PelagicClupea harengus
North Sea herring is fished by Norwegian vessels in the North Sea and Skagerrak mainly in summer. It is traded frozen whole round or as fillets, and used for matjes and marinated products.
- Season
- May–Sep
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Atlantic mackerel
PelagicScomber scombrus
Atlantic mackerel is caught by Norwegian purse seiners and trawlers mainly from August to November, when the fish has its highest fat content. It is traded frozen whole round, size-graded, and as fillets.
- Season
- Aug–Nov
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Capelin
PelagicMallotus villosus
Capelin is a small pelagic species fished in the Barents Sea in late winter in years when a quota is set. Whole frozen capelin and capelin roe go to food markets; the remainder is used for fishmeal and oil.
- Season
- Jan–Apr
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Blue whiting
PelagicMicromesistius poutassou
Blue whiting is a small cod-family species fished by trawl west of the British Isles and in the Norwegian Sea, mainly in the first half of the year. Most of the catch goes to fishmeal and oil, with some frozen whole for food.
- Season
- Jan–May
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Sprat
PelagicSprattus sprattus
Sprat is fished in Norwegian fjords and the North Sea, with the fjord fishery traditionally running in autumn. It is sold frozen whole and is the raw material for canned smoked sprats.
- Season
- Aug–Dec
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Atlantic horse mackerel
PelagicTrachurus trachurus
Horse mackerel is caught by Norwegian pelagic vessels in autumn when the fish enters the North Sea and Norwegian coastal waters. It is traded frozen whole round, size-graded.
- Season
- Sep–Nov
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Atlantic bluefin tuna
PelagicThunnus thynnus
Atlantic bluefin tuna has returned to Norwegian waters, and Norway fishes a limited quota with purse seine and rod in late summer and autumn. Each fish is individually tagged and documented under ICCAT rules.
- Season
- Aug–Oct
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Cold-water shrimp
ShellfishPandalus borealis
Cold-water shrimp is trawled in the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Sea, Skagerrak and the fjords year-round. It is sold cooked or raw, shell-on or peeled, fresh, frozen or in brine.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Langoustine (Norway lobster)
ShellfishNephrops norvegicus
Langoustine is caught with creels and trawl in Skagerrak and along the western Norwegian coast throughout the year. It is sold live, whole fresh or frozen, and as tails.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
European lobster
ShellfishHomarus gammarus
European lobster is caught with pots along the Norwegian coast in a regulated season from 1 October, ending 30 November in the south and 31 December north of 62°N. It is sold live, with minimum sizes and catch limits set by the authorities.
- Season
- Oct–Dec
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Red king crab
ShellfishParalithodes camtschaticus
Red king crab is fished with pots in East Finnmark under a quota, and without quota west of the regulated area. It is exported live by air and as cooked frozen clusters and legs.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Snow crab
ShellfishChionoecetes opilio
Snow crab is fished with pots in the Barents Sea by Norwegian vessels, with a closed period in summer and autumn to protect moulting crab. It is processed on board or ashore into cooked frozen clusters.
- Season
- Dec–Jun
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Brown crab
ShellfishCancer pagurus
Brown crab is caught with pots along the Norwegian coast north to Troms, with the main season from late summer into autumn. It is sold live, cooked whole, as claws and as crab meat.
- Season
- Aug–Nov
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Common cockle
Molluscs and otherCerastoderma edule
Common cockles live in sandy tidal flats along the Norwegian coast and are harvested in small volumes. They are sold live or cooked, as whole shells or meat.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Common whelk
Molluscs and otherBuccinum undatum
Common whelk is a marine snail caught with baited pots along the Norwegian coast, with most landings exported to Asian markets. It is sold live, or cooked and frozen in the shell or as meat.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Green sea urchin (roe)
Molluscs and otherStrongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Green sea urchins are harvested by divers along the Norwegian coast, and the edible roe is the traded product. Roe content is highest in autumn and winter.
- Season
- Oct–Mar
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Red sea cucumber
Molluscs and otherParastichopus tremulus
Red sea cucumber occurs on soft bottoms along the Norwegian coast and is harvested in small, developing volumes, mainly as bycatch and in trial fisheries. It is processed frozen or dried for Asian markets.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Wild-caught
Clipfish (salted and dried)
Processed and traditionalGadus morhua / Pollachius virens / Molva molva / Brosme brosme
Clipfish is split, salted and dried fish, mostly cod, saithe, ling or tusk, with Ålesund as the historic centre of production. It is sold as whole split fish or portions, graded by size and quality class.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Processed
Saltfish
Processed and traditionalGadus morhua / Pollachius virens / Molva molva
Saltfish is split or filleted fish that has been salt-cured but not dried, the stage before clipfish. Cod, saithe and ling are the usual species, sold whole split or as salted fillets.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Processed
Stockfish
Processed and traditionalGadus morhua
Stockfish is unsalted cod dried outdoors on racks in Lofoten and Northern Norway between February and May. It is sold whole, sorted into traditional grades, and is available year-round after the drying season.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Processed
Lutefisk
Processed and traditionalGadus morhua
Lutefisk is stockfish that has been soaked in water and lye and then rinsed, giving a soft, gelatinous texture. It is produced mainly for the autumn and Christmas season and sold ready to cook, chilled or frozen.
- Season
- Sep–Dec
- Origin
- Processed
Smoked salmon
Processed and traditionalSalmo salar
Smoked salmon is made from farmed Atlantic salmon fillets that are salted and cold- or hot-smoked. It is sold as whole sides, pre-sliced packs or portions, chilled or frozen.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Processed
Smoked trout
Processed and traditionalOncorhynchus mykiss
Smoked trout is made from farmed fjord trout fillets, salted and cold- or hot-smoked in the same way as salmon. It is sold as sides, slices or portions.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Processed
Gravlaks (cured salmon)
Processed and traditionalSalmo salar
Gravlaks is salmon fillet cured with salt, sugar and dill rather than smoked. It is sold as whole sides or pre-sliced, chilled or frozen.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Processed
Cod roe
Processed and traditionalGadus morhua
Cod roe is taken from skrei and coastal cod during the winter spawning fishery. It is sold fresh in season, and frozen, salted or canned the rest of the year.
- Season
- Jan–Apr
- Origin
- Processed
Cod liver
Processed and traditionalGadus morhua
Cod liver is a by-product of the winter cod fishery, used fresh in traditional dishes and as raw material for canned liver and cod liver oil. It is traded fresh in season and frozen or canned otherwise.
- Season
- Jan–Apr
- Origin
- Processed
Lumpfish roe
Processed and traditionalCyclopterus lumpus
Lumpfish roe comes from the spring fishery for lumpfish along the coast of Northern Norway. The roe is salted and sold in barrels as raw material for caviar-style products.
- Season
- Feb–Jun
- Origin
- Processed
Herring in brine / marinated herring
Processed and traditionalClupea harengus
Herring in brine covers salted and marinated herring fillets produced from Norwegian spring-spawning and North Sea herring. It is sold in barrels, pails and retail packs as salted, sugar-salted or vinegar-cured fillets.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Processed
Fish oil and cod liver oil
Processed and traditionalFish oil is produced from pelagic species and fish by-products, and cod liver oil from cod liver. Both are traded in bulk for food, feed and supplement use, with crude and refined grades.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Processed
Fishmeal
Processed and traditionalFishmeal is a dried protein product made from whole pelagic fish such as blue whiting and capelin, and from by-products of fish processing. It is traded in bulk and bags for aquaculture and animal feed.
- Season
- All year
- Origin
- Processed