OREANDA-NEWS. Ministry of Agriculture, Fish and Hunting Industry of the Republic of Karelia was a venue for a meeting with representatives of Norway. Experts of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fish and Hunting Industry of the Republic of Karelia, Ministry of Economic Development, heads of commercial fishing enterprises, employees of Petrozavodsk State University have taken part in the meeting. Norway was presented at the meeting by Director General of Aqua Contractor International AS Jonny Bun's.

Currently, Norway is one of the largest European producers of aquaculture products. Aqua Contractor International AS provides materials and newest technologies for fish breeding, as well as in the sphere of renewable power generationin the Russian market, mainly in the Northwest. Our republic causes a great interest of representatives of Norwegian business in the sphere of commodity salmon breeding. It is caused by fast rates of development of fish industry, presence of qualified personnel, proper environment conditions. Representatives of Aqua Contractor International AS have told about the course of implementation of the investment project on construction of a fish-breeding farm able to raise up to 1000 tons of salmon a year with closed cycle of water supply in the Kaliningrad Region and have expressed a wish to implement a similar project in Karelia in partnership with local manufacturers.

During the talks the parties have found many points for joint cooperation – studying of ecological situation in reservoirs of both countries and influence of fish-breeding farms on the environment, introduction of high technologies in the sphere of fish breeding, professional training for fish industry and organization of practical training for Norwegian and Russian students at Russian and Norwegian enterprises.