The vast developmental opportunities offered by the world’s coasts and oceans have attracted the attention of governments, private enterprises, philanthropic organizations, and international conservation organizations. High-profile dialogue and policy decisions on the future of the ocean are informed largely by economic and ecological research. Key insights from the social sciences raise concerns ...

The ocean capacity to store carbon is crucial, and currently absorbs about 25% CO₂ supply to the atmosphere. The ability to store carbon has an economic value, but such estimates are not common for ocean environments, and not yet estimated for the Arctic Ocean. With the severe climatic changes in the Arctic Ocean, impacting sea ice and potentially the vertical carbon transport mechanisms, ...

The growing Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture production is confronted with many challenges that limit the potential development of the industry. The major current problem threatening the salmon aquaculture production is the parasitic sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) that negatively affects both cultured salmon and wild stock populations. Several treatment options have failed to deliver ...

Det er en økende bekymring for at antibiotikaene vi har tilgjengelige i dag ikke vil være effektive mot humane patogener grunnet resistensutvikling. WHO har uttalt at en pre-antibiotika tid der vanlige infeksjoner og mindre skader kan drepe, er en reell virkelighet i det 21. århundre. Havet dekker over 70% av jordoverflaten, og det er estimert at mellom 50 og 80% av alle arter lever i havet. Organismer ...

Since Norwegian Atlantic salmon aquaculture developed into a viable industry in the 1960s, it has grown into one of Norway’s most important sectors. A crucial factor influencing this growth has been the development of a management system which has facilitated the growth in an advantageous way. In the latter part of 2017, a new aquaculture management system started, called the Traffic Light System. ...

Lumpfish (Cylcopterus lumpus) is increasingly used as cleaner fish in intensive farming of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) with an aim to control the infection of lice on the salmon. The lumpfish is itself exposed to a number of infections, both bacterial, viral, parasitic and fungal, and there is still a lack of knowledge regarding these infections and their impact on the fish. In order to assess the ...

Målsetningen med dette forsøket var å studere smoltutvikling, samt immunstatus og mottakelighet for sykdom etter utsett i sjø hos Atlantisk laks (Salmo salar L.) smoltifisert ved endring i fotoperiode eller ved bruk av fôr. Før og etter endt smoltstimulering ble fisk injisert med en multikomponent vaksine for å kvantifisere immunrespons i relasjon til smoltutvikling. Etter overføring til sjøvann ble ...

Cyanobacteria are a unique source of natural products, where most of them are synthesized by non-ribosomal peptide synthase, polyketide synthase, or a hybrid of these pathways. The identification of such biosynthetic genes responsible for the production of secondary metabolites is still a relatively unexplored area, and it remains many natural products for which a biosynthetic origin is unknown. ...

Nesten halvparten (314 000 tonn) av restråstoff i norsk fiskeri- og havbruksnæring ble i 2016 konservert med ensilering. Dette er en enkel, veletablert og lønnsom teknologi. Fra ensilasjen kan det utvinnes proteinhydrolysat og olje som kan brukes i fôr til gris, kylling og oppdrettsfisk. Slik utnyttelse av restråstoff bidrar til matproduksjon og er et viktig eksempel på sirkulær bioøkonomi. Forskning ...

Interdisciplinary research has faced many challenges, including institutional, cultural and practical ones, while it has also been reported as a ‘career risk’ and even ‘career suicide’ for researchers pursuing such an education and approach. Yet, the propagation of challenges and risks can easily lead to a feeling of anxiety and disempowerment in researchers, which we think is counterproductive to ...