New company awarded $35,000 to champion gender equality in the seafood industry

With a grant from Norway's Ministry of Trade and Industry, and some of their own cash, three prominent women in the seafood industry will start a website about harassment and gender equality as well as launch an annual conference called 'Women in the Sea'.

Monica Langeland, Kathleen Offman Mathisen and Mariann Frantsen have received NOK 300,000 from the Ministry of Trade and Industry to promote gender equality in the fishing industry. — Monica Langeland, Kathleen Offman Mathisen and Mariann Frantsen have received NOK 300,000 from the Ministry of Trade and Industry to promote gender equality in the fishing industry.Foto: Ole Erik Klokeide

Ole Erik Klokeide

Published 26 April 2022, 05:00Updated 26 April 2022, 05:00