Press programme – HRH Crown Prince Haakon visits Senja for the opening of the cod season Wednesday, January 14th 18:00 Press brief for attending representatives of the press. 18:35 HRH Crown Prince Haakon arrives at village of Hamn on the island of Senja by cortege from Bardufoss Airport. Met by manager of Hamn and marketing manager Amund Bråthen of the Norwegian Seafood Council. (Photo-op) 19:00 Skrei dinner prepared by international chefs and Jostein Medhus. The Crown Prince is joined by honored guests the County Governor of Troms, Bård M. Pedersen; the mayors of Lenvik, Berg, Torsken and Tranøy; special guests from the industry; international chefs and the journalists. (There will be a photo-op before dinner starts, but not when the meal is underway) Thursday, January 15th 07:55 The Crown Prince arrives at Gryllefjord Fiskemottak, where he is welcomed by the General Manager of Nergård, Mr. Tommy Torvanger; and operational manager at Gryllefjord Fiskemottak Mr. Bing Hagerupsen. (Photo-op) 08:00 HRH will be given a short presentation of Nergård in general and Gryllefjord Fiskemottak in special by Mr. Tommy Torvanger. 08:20 Cod tongue cutting HRH Crown Prince Haakon and the chefs will meet local kids and youngsters who will teach HRH and the chefs how to cut cod tongues. (Photo-op) 08:35 Cod tongue cutting competition The chefs are competing against each other to show who is the best cod tongue cutter of the Skrei season 2015. If possible – price plaque handed over to the winner by HRH. (Photo-op) 09:00-11:15 Skrei fishing trip for chefs, journalists and HRH the Crown Prince (Due to limited space, there will only be room for one photo journalist and one TV- photographer aboard the boat with HRH. These photos will be pooled and made available for all attending journalists. There will however be room for other journalists in an additional boat which travels alongside HRH’s boat) 11:15 HRH meets the press aboard fishing boat Senjaland. 11:35 Back to Gryllefjord Fiskemottak. HRH visits the packing facility and filleting lines (Photo-op) 12:00 HRH will departure by cortege from Gryllefjord to Hamn 13:00 HRH Crown Prince Haakon ends his visit on Senja 15:00 HRH has conversation with local fishermen at the Domus café in Finnsnes. (Photo-op) .