For buyers
Buying seafood from Norway is not hard because suppliers are scarce. It is hard because offers arrive in incompatible formats, certificates are asserted rather than shown, and the person who sold you the fish is rarely the person who answers when the container arrives two degrees too warm. This page describes exactly what we take off your desk.
The four things that actually go wrong
One quote is FOB in dollars on gross weight, the next is DDP in euro net of glaze, and a third has the agent fee folded into the unit price. On paper the cheapest is often the most expensive. We convert every offer to one basis — same weight definition, same Incoterm, same currency, with freight, insurance and our fee itemised separately — before you see it.
An MSC logo in a PDF is not a chain-of-custody certificate, and an approval number that lapsed in March is worse than none at all because it clears your incoming check. We verify each certificate against the issuing register and record the expiry date, and we tell you when a supplier is between audits rather than letting the document speak for itself.
Most claims are not fraud. They are two parties who never wrote down what superior means, what melanin coverage is acceptable, or whether a 100-gram band is a target or a guarantee. We agree the grading standard and the rejection criteria in writing before the first shipment, which is unglamorous and removes most disputes before they exist.
Temperature excursions happen on the tarmac and at transhipment, not in the plant. Without a continuous log you cannot prove where it happened, and without proof the claim goes nowhere. We book the freight, require the log, and read it on arrival — including on the consignments that look fine.
Comparison
An offer is only comparable once someone has done the arithmetic.
Same weight basis, same Incoterm, same currency, freight and fee itemised. On paper the cheapest offer is often the most expensive one, and the difference only shows after the conversion.
Choose the level of involvement
You always know who the contracting party is, who carries the risk at each stage, and what Fish of Norway is paid. Our fee is stated as a line, never hidden in the unit price.
Standard sourcing and offer collection.
Supplier control, documentation and logistics follow-up.
Dedicated agent, physical inspection and full delivery management.
Delivered by email today
Every request is handled by a named agent at Fiskeruta AS and runs by email. This is what comes back, on every request, at every service level.
