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Russian science for Norwegian seafood

Svein Ruud (to the left), Rebekka Ingilæ Andersen and Roman Vasiliyev will start shrimp business in the North of Norway. Photo: Anna Kireeva

A promising young Russian scientist will help seafood business development in Bugøynes on the coast of the Barents Sea near Norway’s border to Russia.

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The Norwegian “Troika Seafood” company, exporting King crab, scallops, rock lobsters and other exclusive products all over the world invited a Russian scientist to help with rock crab technology and to start a new shrimp business.

“We know each other since 2008, and happy to have the scientists here with one way ticket”, says the “Troika Seafood” managing director Svein Ruud, who likes the Russian scientific approach.

“All scientists in Norway concentrate on the damage the crab can do, when Russian scientists concentrate on the benefits of the king crab”, he tells BarentsObserver.

34 years old Roman Vasiliyev graduated from prestigious Russian Federal Research Institute of Fishery and Oceanography in Moscow. He is currently working on his PhD on optimal onshore storage of King crab.

“It’s a unique opportunity to make my thesis in Bugøynes, where the King crab factory is located. It’s a lovely place to stay and work”, says Roman Vasiliyev. He is supposed to continue optimizing the King crab technology, and develop a separate technology for pot catching, packing, storage and transportation of shrimps.

The Norwegian King Crab baron is sure that Russian knowledge in combination with Norwegian money and experience can do very well.