Norges Råfisklag (The Norwegian Fishermen's Sales Organisation) and the five other fish sales organisations in Norway handle important national functions within the trade of seafood and resource control of our fish stocks. Norges Råfisklag organises and arranges the sales of codfish, shellfish, molluscs and small whales that are landed along the coast from Nordmøre to Finnmark. The most important species are cod, coalfish, haddock and shrimps/prawns. Fishing is carried out along the Norwegian coast, in the Barents Sea and around Spitsbergen. Norges Råfisklag's head office is in Tromsø, with regional offices in Svolvær and Kristiansund. The Organisation has approximately 60 employees.

Norges Råfisklag is engaged in safeguarding the incomes of the fishermen. An important premise is, however, to ensure over time that the ocean's resources are utilised in a sustainable manner and to achieve profitable growth in the entire fishing industry. Contributing to this social responsibility and to this development is one of the principles of the Organisations objectives.

Norges Råfisklag is the fishermen's own sales organisation. The Organisation has a well-developed service system and offers fishermen and buyers a number of services directly related to trading, sales and settlements. Fishermen and buyers can make direct mutual agreements in regard to supply, catches can be put out for auction on the Organisation's modern electronic auction system, or longer-term contracts can be made. A foundation for the whole system is the Organisation's business regulations, a market-based minimum price scheme and an effective settlement system that guarantees settlements for fishermen. This helps to safeguard equal competition conditions for participants in our raw fish market.

The basic principle for all of Norges Råfisklag's business activities is that the ocean's resources shall be managed in a sustainable manner for the sake of future generations (common environmental goal for Norwegian fishery and aquaculture industry).

The Organisation has strong links with Norwegian coastal heritage and fishing traditions where the close proximity to the fishing grounds has been of decisive significance for people choosing to live along the coast. For generations, coastal communities have utilised this close proximity and the rich fishing grounds to pursue a combination of fjord, inshore and deep-sea fishing. This is the hallmark of the industry and has influenced the Organisation to develop price and sales systems that will continue to secure stability in trade for small and large enterprises alike, under secure and good economic conditions.

Norges Råfisklag is owned by the fishermen through the county organisations of The Norwegian Fishermen's Association in Norges Råfisklags district, The Norwegian Seamen's Union, The Fishing Vessel Owners Union and The Norwegian Coastal Fishermen's Association.