Norway exported pelagic fish worth NOK 7.5 billion (EUR 876 million; USD 990.4 million) in 2014, 9 percent more than in 2013, thanks largely to record exports of mackerel.
Last year, the Scandinavian country’s mackerel exports totaled NOK 4.1 billion (EUR 478.9 million; USD 541.4 million), an increase of 43 percent on the value achieved in 2013. This was the result of the much higher mackerel quota of 1,011,000 metric tons (MT) in the North East Atlantic (NEA). In 2013, the total allowable ca…