Norwegian seafood products
Every category from the Norwegian coast and fisheries, farmed and wild. Formats and seasons are typical and confirmed per quotation.
8 products
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