Pelagisk Forening

Name

Pelagisk Forening

Legal name

Pelagisk Forening

Website

https://pelagisk.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fisheries Industry Association

NAICS

Finfish Fishing (114111)

SIC

Fishing, Hunting And Trapping (900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAEAAAA

Finfish Farming (e.g., salmon, tilapia, catfish)

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Production & Aquaculture/Aquaculture (Fish & Shellfish Farming)

Keywords

• Fisheries industry advocacy
• Trade association services
• Fishing vessel owners
• Marine regulatory consulting
• Industry representation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bergen

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees and Service Charges: Revenue is generated through member fees (medlemskontingent) and service fees (serviceavgifter). The amounts are set by the Representative Council. The organization provides free legal advice to members related to fishing operations and vessel management, with revenue coming from these membership contributions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pelagisk Forening is a nonprofit professional interest organization for Norwegian fish boat owners and companies (rederi). It delivers free legal advisory on fishery operations, vessel management, and regulatory matters, conducts regulatory advocacy and political representation, publishes a monthly newsletter, and provides member resources such as mapping, checkpoint, and bycatch reference tools.

Product overview

Pelagisk Forening is a professional interest organization for fishing vessel owners along the Norwegian coast, not a technology product company. The organization provides its members with services including free legal advisory related to fisheries operations, a monthly newsletter, and member resources such as mapping services, checkpoint information, and bycatch regulation tables. The organization does not offer a software platform or digital product in the traditional sense.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Havdrøn: The fishing vessel Havdrøn used by Pelagisk Forening for events and debates during Arendalsuka.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sjømat Norge: The Norwegian Seafood Association represents the broader seafood value chain including fishing, aquaculture, and processing. It overlaps with Pelagisk Forening's fishing-sector remit but covers adjacent industries as well, making it a broader-incumbent peer.
• Europêche: The European Association of Fishing Producers represents national fishing-industry bodies at EU level. Comparable to Pelagisk Forening as a fishing-industry trade association, but operating at a continental scope rather than Norwegian national scope.

Direct peers

• Sildesalgslaget (Norges Sildesalgslag): The Norwegian Pelagic Fish Sales Organisation is a mandatory first-sale organization for pelagic fish. It shares Pelagisk Forening's pelagic-fishery focus and physically houses Pelagisk Forening's secretariat at Bryggen, making it a tightly linked peer with overlapping membership.
• Fiskebåt: The Norwegian Fishing Vessel Owners' Organization represents the offshore, ocean-going fleet and is a directly comparable trade association focused on vessel-owner interests, quota policy, and structural issues—closely mirroring Pelagisk Forening's remit.
• Norges Fiskarlag: The Norwegian Fishermen's Association is the largest national trade body for Norwegian fishermen, covering both catching and processing sectors. It is the most directly comparable peer to Pelagisk Forening, with an overlapping but broader membership base and a similar advocacy-and-service mandate.

Others

• Norsk Sjømannsforbund: The Norwegian Seafarers' Union represents maritime workers, including those on fishing vessels. It is thematically adjacent to Pelagisk Forening but represents crew rather than vessel owners, and serves a broader maritime constituency.

Regional players

• Danmarks Fiskeriforening: The Danish Fishermen's Association is the main trade body for Danish fishermen. It is comparable to Pelagisk Forening in role and remit (fishermen's advocacy, quota policy, member services), but operates in a different national jurisdiction with separate regulatory and quota regimes.
• Scottish Fishermen's Federation: The SFF is the leading trade body for the Scottish fishing industry. It mirrors Pelagisk Forening's structure—vessel-owner membership, advocacy, and policy influence—but operates in UK/Scottish waters rather than Norwegian.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pelagisk-forening

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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