During Aqua Nor 2015, Western Norway will be represented by 14 companies and organizations from all four western counties.

The participants will be found at a large, 144m² stand where the focus will be on giving a wide presentation of both each individual company and the aquaculture industry as a whole in the region. The Fisheries Forum West Foundation acts as project manager for the event and organizes this joint marketing effort, where the companies are presented under the common banner “West Norway Stand”.

The companies

• Lift Up AS
• Uni Research
• Aller Aqua
• Steen Hansen
• Bia Miljø
• Ernst & Young
• North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF)
• PatoGen Analyse AS
• Plany
• Astorplast AS
• Eurofins food & Feed testing Norway AS
• Aquafarm
• Produs Aqua/Alltech

The Western Norway Stand
The West Norway Stand has a long history with Aqua Nor, and several of the companies have partivcipated at earlier exhibitions. Already in 2003, Western Norway was represented by companies from Hordaland and Sogn & Fjordane counties, and in 2005 Rogaland and Møre & Romsdal counties joined in. The great variety of companies emphasizes the broad scope of the aquaculture industry in the western counties. Interest in the Western Norway Stand has been very good and growing, and at the moment work on preparing the events and the stand itself is progressing well. Among the features worth mentioning are the Seafood Bar and various social events at the stand itself.

Programme
The Seafood Bar will be staffed by trainees from companies participating in the culinary network A taste of the coast.Three trainees will run the Seafood Bar, where they will serve samples of delicious seafood from the region. A professional programme is also being planned, and in this the Western Norway Stand cooperates with Business Region Bergen.

Cooperation across county borders
CEO Tanja Hoel and Project Manager Kjersti Meredith-Soldal have, together with representatives of the four counties developed the activities for the Western Norway Stand. Western Norway is the largest region in Norwegian aquaculture, and a very important contributor to the Norwegian economy. At the stand, information on this work and the development of the regional industry will be available.