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HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Fjord ecosystems - Sami communities: Local ecological knowledge and socio-ecological history

The project will bring forth management-relevant knowledge about a largely neglected part of Norway's marine/coastal environment; the northern fjords. This will be achieved through cross-disciplinary partnership, including marine scientists from Institute for Marine Research, international co-op...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

The population biology and ecology of the world's northernmost harbour seals in a changing Arctic

"The population biology and ecology of the world's northernmost harbour seals in a changing Arctic" har vært et svært produktivt forskningsprogram. Steinkobbe på Svalbard er en unik genetisk bestand som har vært isolert fra andre bestander i rundt 1000 år. Den har vært gjennom en såkalt genetisk ...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Antibiotics from the sea - a MabCent project

The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in human pathogenic bacteria has fuelled the need for new antimicrobial compounds and new antibacterial strategies. Marine invertebrates represent a vast resource for discovering novel pharmaceutical co mpounds. Animals living in the Arctic Sea...

Awarded: NOK 7.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Designing a Collaborative Approach to Reduce Conflicting Interests in the Management of Contaminated Marine Sediments (SEDCONFLICT)

In Norway, serious contamination of marine sediments has been found in more than 120 areas which has resulted in restrictions on the consumption of fish and fishery products in 24 fjords and harbours. Thus restoration of contaminated marine sediments is a national environmental policy priority a...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

The effect of political uncertainty in fisheries management: A case study of the Northeast Arctic cod fishery

We seek to investigate the effects of political uncertainty on fisheries, with a special focus on non-compliance with quota regulations. Institutional or political uncertainty is sometimes referred to as uncertainty about the rules of the game. We look at institutional uncertainty on two levels;...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Neural and Interrenal Steroidogenesis as Cellular and Molecular Targets for Emerging Fluorinated organochemicals and Pharmaceutical EDCs.

Endocrine disruptor testing strategies have omitted examination of the neural and adrenal glands and do not adequately cover the process of steroidogenesis. Steroidogenesis is critical for adrenocortical, testicular and ovarian functions, and represents m ultiple molecular targets for toxicity, r...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Old and new organic priority contaminants in Norwegian fjords: old sins or ongoing input? Passive samplers as novel tool to measure fluxes

In about 30 coastal zones in Norway, seafood consumption restrictions are in place because of elevated levels of POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants). The discussion around potential cleanup in various coastal zones has thus far addressed the exposure fro m contaminated sediments. However, remedi...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

INDIVIDUAL BASED STATISTICAL METHODS FOR DNA-PROFILES WITH APPLICATION TO MANAGEMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES

Genetic methods are important tools for identifying population structure, and hence form an important part of modern schemes for management of marine resources. Traditional analysis techniques are typically based on a measure of differences in allele freq uencies between sub-areas, and may have l...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Vestland

MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

Resolving Conflicting Interests in Oceans Management: The Law and Politics of Integrated Oceans management in the Barents Sea.

This project addresses a critical issue in Norway?s marine policy: the implementation of the comprehensive management plan for the Barents Sea. Amidst considerable controversy, the plan was adopted in March March 2006. The project aims at understanding th e preconditions for effective implementat...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2016

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

7 -Marine Environment Protection and Resource Management: The Changing Legal and Policy Framework for the Adriatic Sea - Overseas Fellowship

The marine and coastal areas and resources, and their sustainable development, are of high importance for both Norway and Croatia. In Croatia, various marine-related issues have in recent years occupied an increasingly important place. To suport an inform ed policy-making and public debate, there...

Awarded: NOK 0.28 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Akershus

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Harvesting at lower trophic levels - stock assessment and ecological consequences

The demand for feed to the aquaculture industry has shown a strong increase over the last years in parallel with the increase in total production within the industry. Estimated growth in the fish farming industry is supposed to cause a permanent shortage of marine oils within a few years, and of ...

Awarded: NOK 11.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

DEECON - Unravelling population connectivity for sustainable fisheries in the Deep Sea (EuroDEEP)

Over-exploitation of traditional coastal stocks has resulted in the shift of commercial harvesting towards less-known, deep-sea living resources in many parts of the world. Most of these "new" fisheries are now proving to be unsustainable. A key to our ab ility to manage these fisheries and prote...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

The possible role of zooplankton in modulating ecosystem effects of acute oil spills in the Norwegian and Barents Seas.

The proposed project will study long-term effects of acute oil spills in the Norwegian and Barents Seas, focusing on the role of zooplankton. Zooplankton, constituting the food for e.g. herring, capelin and young cod, is central in the ecosystem; yet impo rtant questions remain unsolved. The over...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

An integrated study of stakeholders and living resources in relation to the potential effectiveness of MPAs as a management tool (MPAtool)

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a promising tool for preventing overexploitation of marine biological resources. However, there are still few MPAs in temperate waters. Encouraged by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, the Institute of Marine Researc h and local commercial fishers, four MPAs...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Assessment of mixture toxicity of compounds in discharges to the North Sea and coastal areas of Norway

The North sea and coastal areas of Norway receive input of pollutants from various sources including disharges from land, maritime and offshore oil production activitites, leakage from contaminated sediments and long-range atmospheric transport. These com pounds exist as complex mixtures in the r...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

The impact of produced water on fish reproduction: a multigeneration approach

Major oil and gas activities are on-going along much of the Norwegian continental shelf, and it is anticipated that exploration and production will expand in the near future to include new oil fields in the high Arctic. Of major concern is the environment al impact of waste discharges from oil pr...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Gobies in Evolutionary Ecology: a Nordic Network

The main aim of this proposal is to further develop Nordic collaborative efforts and exchange of ideas in the study of evolutionary ecology of gobies. Several species of Nordic gobies have proven to be very successful as models in studying questions in be havioural and evolutionary ecology. Notab...

Awarded: NOK 0.84 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

7 - The health of the North Sea Environment - an international workshop

An international workshop/conference will be arranged in 2007 to develop plans for a future international research activity to study the health of the North Sea. Work in the project will be through an international steering group with members from academi a, management and industry in Norway, Ger...

Awarded: NOK 0.27 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

5 - Antibiotics from the sea - isolation and characterization of novel compounds from cold-water benthic organisms(fortsetter som 184688)

The modern society relies on a continuous development of new drugs, either to replace older and less efficient drugs, or even more important, to address clinical needs that are unmet today. The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in common hu man pathogenic bacteria has fuelled the n...

Awarded: NOK 0.75 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Harvesting zooplankton by bubble flotation

The current proposal outlines a new approach and technology to harvest copepods in the ocean. The project aims to test and build the prototype of a platform for practical use, which is designed to harvest copepods in the size groups where the economically important groups in Norwegian waters are...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Norway-USA, Catch Sampling and Estimation

This project is mainly related to fishery dependent sampling and catch and bycatch (or discard) estimation. Use of observers for sampling at sea varies among regions. The US Alaska Fisheries Science Centre (AFSC) has an extensive observer program collecti ng catch, discard, and biological data fo...

Awarded: NOK 0.38 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

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

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Climate change impact on catchment-coast processes and governance in the 21st Century

The aim of the project is to launch the exchange of research information on the environmental and economic changes in the coastal zone observed in Norway and on European scale. The parties to this exchange are the research community collaborating within t he IGBP/ IHDP Land Ocean Interactions in ...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

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

Integration of biomonitoring with risk assessment by construction of biomarker bridges for water column organisms exposed to produced water

In the on-going PROOF project "Validation of methods and data for environmental risk assessment offshore" a theoretical framework for integration of biomonitoring into environmental risk assessment procedures was developed. Experimental data were obtained and used to demonstrate that the establi...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Rogaland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Commercial mid-water trawling for cod, haddock and saithe: Shifting effort to reduce impact on bottom fauna of bottom trawling(FHFinn182490)

Concerns have been raised about the impact of bottom trawling on the benthic community. In Norway, considerable damage to deep-water coral reefs by trawlers have led to the closure of areas and initiated mapping of larger bottom areas of the Barents Sea. In this project we will explore the implic...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Interactions between eutrophication, oil and contaminants in marine ecosystems

Although there is much knowledge about environmental processes associated with environmental pressures such as eutrophication, oil and contaminants, there is limited understanding of how such pressures interact in their effects in marine ecosystems. This project aims to clarify interactions betwe...

Awarded: NOK 8.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

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

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

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