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HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Adding product value to sustainable fisheries

The purpose of this project is to develop knowledge that can contribute to adding value to marine resources, to improve shortcomings in existing management regimes and to further develop theories on harvesting strategies that impact on adding value to mar ine resources. To face challenges in add...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

USE OF SNP-CHIPS AND SELECTIVE DNA POOLING FOR IDENTIFYING DISEASE RESISTANCE MARKERS IN ATLANTIC SALMON

The main objective of this project is to find molecular markers that can be implemented in a marker assisted selection program (MAS) to increase genetic resistance to infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) in the Norwegian Atlantic salmon breeding program. MAS h as a great potential to increase the rate...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Metabolic scaling in teleosts

Metabolic scaling is a widely recognised problem in biology. The underlying causes for the disproportionate relationship between the metabolic rate of an organism and its body size have long puzzled scientists, and continue to be controversial. In recent years this fascinating subject has been tr...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Decontamination of persistent organc pollutants in fishmeal and fish oil

Fishmeal and fish oil are the most heavily contaminated materials used in feed production, with products of European fish stocks more heavily contaminated than those from South Pacific stocks. The fish stock of concern for the north European industry is s prat and herring in the Baltic Sea and he...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Vertical distribution: hybridisation barrier between escapee and wild cod?

Most farmed cod are produced in net-pens in sheltered coastal areas used as habitat by coastal cod. As future expansion of the industry is expected, interactions between farmed escapees and local coastal stock are inevitable. Genetic introgression from es capees has caused fitness depression in w...

Awarded: NOK 0.60 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Linking physics and biology - Structuring of cod-populations in the North Sea/Skagerrak water-system

We propose to study the physical and biological mechanisms that generate and maintain a highly genetically structured population of cod in the Skagerrak water system. We hypothesize that a combination of oceanographic features (i.e., within fjords water c irculation), spawning behavior (i.e. stro...

Awarded: NOK 6.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Diet and Reproductive Output in Arctic Molluscs: the Importance of Ice Algae and Phytoplankton (DREAM)

Algae that are associated with the arctic sea ice (ice algae) can constitute a significant fraction of total primary production, and play a fundamental role in polar ecosystems. The recently documented reduction of ice coverage may result in a significant shift in the relative contributions of i...

Awarded: NOK 0.87 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Northeast Greenland "Mare Incognitum"

The proposed two-year research project on the North-East Greenland 'Mare Incognitum' (NØ-GRØN) is a targeted observational study of the apparently extraordinary changes observed off north-eastern and eastern Greenland in recentmost summers. The research will contribute to our understanding of th...

Awarded: NOK 0.55 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Recruitment study on North Sea fish stocks

Recruitment to several of the ecologically and commercially important fish stocks in the North Sea has been strongly reduced during the recent years, causing concern for fishers, managers and scientists alike. This includes herring, cod, haddock, sandeel, and Norway pout. We propose an applied a...

Awarded: NOK 7.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Causes and consequences of a large-scale shift from sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) to ephemeral algae and implications for management

The SACCHARINA project is based on the dramatic decline in the sugar kelp forest along the coast of Southern Norway. The sugar kelp normally dominates the sea-bed at 2 to 15 m depth in sheltered coastal areas of the Norwegian coast. Surveys have found tha t the sugar kelp forests have disappeared...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Future catch platform for the Norwegian fishing fleet

The aim of the Strategic Institute Programme (SIP) is to further develop SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture as a national and international research institute within the field of fisheries technology. The programme will emphasize the development of energy e fficient fishing vessels, increased work ...

Awarded: NOK 12.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MAROFF-Maritim virksomhet og offshore operasjoner

Synkronisert og kostnadseffektiv utnyttelse av skip og havn, gjennom anvendelse av maritime overvåkningsdata og moderne maritim IKT

I dag fører ofte mangelfull kommunikasjon mellom skip og havn til unødvendig ventetid før skip får legge til kai. Dagens teknologi åpner imidlertid for nye løsninger som kan forbedre skipets lønnsomhet via optimaliserte operasjoner. Ved bedre samhandling og planlegging kan skip vite hva som vente...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Superfersk fisk med riktig kvalitet

Prosjektet er bygd opp rundt verdikjeden fra fangst til detaljist med deltagere fra fangst- og kystflåten, utstyrsleverandører, via distribusjons/grossistleddet, til detaljist. Prosjektet er en helhetlig og case-rettet undersøkelse (utvalgte produkt og ko mplett distribusjonskjede) på fersk fisk ...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Assessment of human impact on the marine CARBon system in arctic regions (A-CARB)

Carbon dioxide is the most important manageable forcing agent of climate change. Large amounts are emitted through fossil fuel burning. Prediction of future climate change and planning of mitigation strategies requires that thorough knowledge of the facto rs that control the distribution of anth...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Decadal variability on the North Atlantic Ocean/Nordic Seas

Project DEC-OCEAN aims at clarifying the origin behind decadal and multi-decadal variability in the North Atlantic and its influences on the transports and properties of Atlantic water to the Nordic Seas. Regionally induced oceanic variability to the nort h of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge will al...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Expected Change in Fisheries in the Barents Sea

Project summary The project focuses on how changes in climate, i.e. increase in temperature, will influence fish stocks and their commercial stakeholders. Changes in fish distribution will not only affect the fisheries directly through changes in possibl e fishing areas, and changes in yield bec...

Awarded: NOK 9.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

PLAN - Responding to Climate Change: The Potentials of and Limits to Adaptation in Norway

PLAN is a coordinated, social science-based research project that analyzes the potentials of and limits to adaptation as a response to climate change in Norway. This four-year project will provide an empirical and theoretical understanding of adaptation a s a social process, with an emphasis on i...

Awarded: NOK 26.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Civil protection and climate vulnerability

This project takes the link between civil protection and climate change as its starting point. Our aim is to investigate which factors determine the capacity for local adaptation to climate change by studying long-term institutional learning within civil protection institutions in the wake of ext...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Ocean Prediction Networking

Our proposal seeks funds (1) to network Norwegian resources, (2) to implement a formal collaboration on the national level, and (3) to foster international collaboration within the field of ocean prediction. Reliable ocean state description and forecasts of, e.g., extreme currents and waves, ha...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Functional genomics of phenotypic plasticity of cod: a national consortium.

The proposed project is submitted by the University of Oslo as such (through its rector) on behalf of the other members in the consortium consisting of strong basic research groups with a strong and long experience within the fields of genomics, ecology a nd evolutionary biology. Although we repr...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Contact meeting for the Norwegian Biochemical Society

The annual meeting of the Norwegian Biochemical Society has a world-wide reputation as an excellent meeting place for scientists, both on the scientific and the social level. They have been a tremendous success and is arguably the one meeting in Norway wh ich has contributed the most to the conta...

Awarded: NOK 0.36 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Utvikling av oppdrett- og bruk av berggylte i lakseoppdrett til kontinuerlig kontroll med lakselus

Prosjektet har et todelt formål: 1. Utvikle metodikk/protokoller for oppdrett av beiteklar bergylte med kjent helsestatus og i de mengder, kvalitet og størrelsesgrupper som næringen etterspørr. 2. Utvikle metodikk/protokoller for bruk av oppdrettet beitek lar berggylte ved lusekontroll i kommersi...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Møre og Romsdal

MAROFF-Maritim virksomhet og offshore operasjoner

Forbedret Overvåking og Beslutningsstøtte for skip i nordlige farvann (FOB)

Prognoser for utvikling i nordlige områder indikerer en betydelig vekst i skipstrafikk og olje og gass relatert virksomhet, og det antydes fremtidig aktivitet flere ganger aktiviteten i Nordsjøen. Maritime operasjoner i nordlige kald klima strøk, og i isl agte farvann stiller spesielle krav til m...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Detection, characterization and differentiation of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) strains in farmed Atlantic salmon

IPN outbreaks are seen both in the freshwater and seawater phase of the production, resulting in severe annual losses, and has emerged as a severe threat to the economy of the fish-farming industry. According to recent estimates, the yearly losses due to IPN in Norway are NOK 1 billion. This pro...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Møre og Romsdal

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Fiskeriekspert ved EUs Generaldirektorat for fiskeri - DGXIV - Petter Fossum

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Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Biodiversity of marine benthos: perspective from a global change

The impacts of pronounced climate change are now apparent at various sites in the Subarctic and Arctic, and numerical simulation models converge on the prediction that future warming trends will be amplified at high northern latitudes. There is therefore an immediate and pressing need to develop ...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Host-pathogen interactions: In vitro and in vivo exploration of the quorum sensing system of the marine fish pathogen Vibrio salmonicida.

The genus Vibrio is among the most numerous and ubiquitous of marine bacteria and commonly found as etiological agents of diseases in both vertebrates and invertebrates throughout the world. Vibrio salmonicida, a halophilic and psychrophilic (cold adapted ) marine gram-negative bacterium, the eti...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Genomics as a tool for detecting selection in farm Atlantic salmon and interactions between escaped farm and wild salmon

Norway is of unique importance for the Atlantic salmon, both as the largest producer of farmed salmon and a main reservoir of wild stocks. However, escaped farmed fish make up a significant portion of spawners in the wild, and there is concern that the ge netic constitution of wild stocks is dete...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MAROFF-Maritim virksomhet og offshore operasjoner

Utvikling og implementering av prosess-styringssystem (operasjonssentral) for fiskeoppdrettsnæringen (PISCADA)

Sammenkopling mellom teknologi og menneske ved hjelp av IKT-baserte trådløse nettverk har ikke vært gjort før innafor havbruksnæringa. En har operert med frittstående system som ikke har kommunisert med verken menneske eller med instrumentering på intelli gent vis. Heller ikke har en tenkt på opp...

Awarded: NOK 6.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Nordområdenes Nye Nervesystem Undervanns trådløst sensornettverk

Den raske utviklingen innen informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi gir nye muligheter for observasjon og overvåking av det marine økosystemet. Nye sensor og instrumenteringsteknologier kan revolusjonere mulighetene for å samle inn kvalitetsdata på et my e bredere spekter av plattformer enn bare...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Buskerud