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BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Effects of fish oil in functional food, capsules or fish on the N-3 in blood lipid and markers of oxidative stress in mice and humans

This project link nutrition research and medical research with food science and technology through the use of functional food, fish oils and fish (food). Currently there is a huge focus on supplements and functional foods, particularly products which are enriched with marine n-3 fatty acids. So f...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Towards selection for increased resistance to the salmon louse in Atlantic salmon

Salmon lice on farmed Atlantic salmon (Lepeophtheirus salmonis in Norway represents a large cost for the industry and a risk for infestation of wild salmonid species. In farmed Atlantic salmon it is documented evidence of a substantial genetic variation i n the number of salmon lice in a controll...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

"Sats på torsk" konferansen, 10 - 13 februar 2009. Scandic Bergen City.

Søknad om delstøtte til gjennomføring av torskenettverksmøtet for Sats på Torsk, 10 til 13 februar 2009 i Bergen Sats på torsk fokuserer på kunnskapsformidling mellom næring, forvaltning og forskning. Programmet er nå snart ferdig for møtet i februa r for det 11. nasjonale nettverksmøte so...

Awarded: NOK 89,999

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Sammenfattende workshop for prosjektet KUBIK informasjonsutveksling mellom næring og forskning og innspill til plan for næringsutvikling

Prosjektet Kompetanseutvikling i blåskjellnæringa (KUBIK) skal avsluttes i 2008/2009. Prosjektet har sammen med dyrkere utviklet sytem for biomassebestemmelse og kvalitetesvurdering av dyrkete blåskjell. I den forbindelse er det planlagt en åpen workshop som skal sammenfatte erfaringer og vitens...

Awarded: NOK 29,999

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Vestland

P-SAMISK-Program for samisk forskning

Tradisjonell kunnskap og forvaltning av fjorder som økosystemer og kulturlandskap

Fiskeressursene i samiske kyst- og fjordområder inngår i det materielle naturgrunnlaget for samisk kultur, men en rekke problemer knytter seg til forvaltningen av ressursene. Dessuten har det i løpet av de siste tiårene vært rapportert om omfattende økolo giske endringer i mange nordlige fjorder,...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Biomarint Industriseminar 2008

Biomarint industriseminar har fokus på innovasjon og nyskaping, og nyheter innen marine ingredienser til fôr og næringsmidler vil bli presentert. Seminaret retter seg i hovedsak mot marin ingrediensindustri, fiskemelsindustri, fôrprodusent og oppdrettsind ustri, samt utstyrsleverandører. Seminare...

Awarded: NOK 29,999

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SAM-EU-Samfinansiering EU-kontoret

Fisheries-induced Evolution

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Awarded: NOK 0.83 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

InNoVacc. Indo-Norway platform for developing candidate vaccines to invertebrate, piscine and avian species.

Vaccination is essential to large-scale control of infectious diseases affecting commercial aquatic and avian farming. Nevertheless, modern aquaculture lacks effective vaccines against several pathogens due to lack of understanding of their immune system and development of effective immunostimula...

Awarded: NOK 33.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Indo-Norwegian platform on fish and shellfish vaccine development

Infectious diseases have a significant impact on the sustainability of the aquaculture industry, that being in finfish or shellfish/shrimp production environments. The subsequent use of antibiotics, drugs, and chemical disinfectants cause concern at all l evels. The succesful vaccines for salmon ...

Awarded: NOK 44.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Genomics in Aquaculture - International symposium at the Bodø University College

Aquaculture genomics has potential applications in improving performance traits, including increased disease resistance and growth rate. The number of genomic resources available for species of commercial interest has been increasing at a remarkable pace. These include framework genetic linkage ...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

EUROSTARS-EUROSTARS

4426 Development of an Acoustic Accelerometer Transmitter for Marine Species

Extend the product range and market potential of Thelma by developing a new TAG, i.e. small device that can be implanted into fish, measure tilt and roll angles as well as any sudden movement of the fish and transmit results to marine biologists or resear ch scientists who study fish behavior.

Awarded: NOK 0.76 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

TEKMAR 2008

Havbruksklyngen er en viktig bidragsyter til norsk økonomi, og kan med økt teknologisk kompetanse og kapabilitet få økt økonomisk betydning i framtiden. Hovedfokus for TEKMAR er å sikre tilførsel av ny teknologisk kunnskap slik at bransjens etablerte og n ye produkter får et økt innhold av ny bes...

Awarded: NOK 89,999

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Exploiting new knowledge of innate immunity in adjuvant research for bovine vaccines

Bovine tuberculosis is still a major problem in large parts of the world. The infection leads to cattle mortality and is also a zoonosis. The proximity between people and humans in small-holder farmers in countries like India make them especially at risk of catching bovine TB. While testing and s...

Awarded: NOK 6.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Akershus

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

ESSAS Project Office

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Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Vestland

LATIN-AM-Latin-Amerika-programmet

Arrange a Norwegian - Chilean workshop on modern techniques for monitoring of the aquatic environment

National monitoring programmes for marine and freshwater quality constitute the fundament for a sustainable use of these resources. For the two main producers of farmed Atlantic salmon Norway and Chile, knowledge on water quality and its effects on fish h ealth is a key factor to achieve a sustai...

Awarded: NOK 74,578

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Food restrictions of allergic patients resolved by a novel type vaccine.

The project aims to improve the diagnostic tools for food allergy and the methods of detection of allergens in foods and, most importantly, to investigate a vaccine for food allergy. The current diagnostic tools include skin tests in which food extracts are applied to the skin. These methods are...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Dyrevelferd hos fisk i forsøk - en utredning av forskningsbehovet (NORECOPA)

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Awarded: NOK 0.23 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Akershus

NORRUSS-Nordområdene og Russland

GEOPOLITIKK-NORD: Geopolitikk i nordområdene, norske interesser (Geopolitics in the High North. Norwegian Interests)

The High North is an area of great possibilities in the decades to come. Energy is the primary driver of economic interests in the region, closely followed by fisheries and tourism. At the same time there are many challenges. Climate change threatens trad itional livelihoods, and petroleum extrac...

Awarded: NOK 25.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

BILATNAER-Bilat.samarb.m.N-AM,Kina,Jpn,I

Bilateral collaboration to make aquaculture structures more escape safe by utilizing full-scale testing facilities

The proposed project is for funding to arrange a workshop where a groupe of researchers from Nortway and the US meet to discuss ideas for a larger bilateral research program on escape related issues in the aquaculture industry worldwide, with special emph asis on problem related to a move towards...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Nociception and potential pain perception in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

The potential for pain perception in teleost fish is a controversial issue and represents a focal point for the fundamental understanding of fish welfare. In this proposal, our main objective is to determine which brain areas are involved in the detection of noxious stimuli, thus specifically ta...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Effects of oil compounds and persistent organic pollution (POP) on the phospholipid composition and membrane fluidity in Atlantic cod.

The aim of this project is to investigate the mechanisms behind the changes in phospholipid composition that have been observed in the cell membranes of cod and other fish after exposure to oil compounds. The project will combine studies on wild fish from the North Sea and laboratory fish from e...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Transmission and reservoirs of Francisella piscicida. Implications for wild and farmed cod.

A new species of Francisella (F. piscicida), causing mortality in farmed cod (Gadus morhua), was isolated autumn 2004 from farmed cod in Rogaland. In 2005 this bacterium was isolated from several cod farms in Rogaland, Hordaland, Møre og Romsdal, Nordland and Denmark and from Atlantic salmon in ...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Francisella philomiragia subsp. noatunensis infection in farmed cod (Gadus morhua): Diagnosis, characterisation, and environmental studies

Farming of marine fish species in Norway is currently going through what may be described as a boom period. A combination of technological innovation in the field of larval production, combined with regulated wild-fisheries and concurrent favourable marke t prices, have made farming of marine spe...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

MARINFORSKHAV-Marine ressurser og miljø - havmiljø

SEAPOP

SEAPOP er et nasjonalt program som styrker og samordner oppbyggingen av kunnskap om sjøfugl i norske farvann: Bestandene kartlegges i et rullerende system, og deres utvikling og demografi overvåkes på et nettverk av lokaliteter. Parallelt med dette utføres studier som belyser sjøfuglenes økologis...

Awarded: NOK 73.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Genome-wide approaches to the genetic improvement of cattle, pigs and salmon

During the last decade, industry, research and funding rganisations have invested considerably into the development of molecular genetic technologies and resources with the expectation that information at the DNA level will lead to faster genetic gain tha n using phenotypic data alone. But as lon...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Innlandet

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Cardiomyopathy syndrome: A multi-task approach to reduce losses and improve knowledge

Cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) is a severe cardiac disease in farmed Atlantic salmon. The disease has been diagnosed in Norway since mid 80s. CMS causes significant losses for the industry in the form of mortality at seawater sites and in connection with transport to the slaughter houses. As CM...

Awarded: NOK 9.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Mucosal Immune System of Atlantic Cod - Creating a Knowledge Base

Diseases among farmed organisms are a major threat to aquaculture operations. In spite of technological advances, problems emerge when diseases of unknown etiology appear or when attempting to farm a new species. The developing cod farming industry too wo uld encounter diseases as the activities ...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

The Spanish salt fish market and opportunities for the Norwegians

The objective of this project is to investigate the restructuring of the Spanish salt fish market and the adaptation of the Norwegian salt fish producers to this market. While exports of salt fish to Spain from other countries have grown considerably the Norwegians have lost market share the last...

Awarded: NOK 6.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Arsenolipids in fish oil, fish feed, fish and other seafood

Arsenic exists in many different chemical forms in the marine environment, of which the water-soluble arsenicals are well studied. The toxicity of arsenic compounds depends on their chemical form, with inorganic arsenic being the most toxic. Knowledge reg arding arsenolipids (lipid soluble arseni...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Vestland

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

ArcAct - Unlocking the Arctic ocean: The climate impact of increased shipping and petroleum activities

Petroleum and shipping activities at higher latitudes have increased considerably over recent years, and a significant further increase is expected. Melting of sea ice will open opportunities for new shipping routes and lengthen the navigation season of e xisting routes, as well as open new areas...

Awarded: NOK 9.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo