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HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Ecosystem Responses to Aquaculture Induced Stress (ECORAIS)

The overall goal of the project is to qualitatively and quantitatively describe ecosystem responses to aquaculture induced stress with special regards to water-flow regimes. The overall goal will be realised by the integration of 8 distinct work packages aimed at (1) analysing data from previou...

Awarded: NOK 10.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

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

Elektrobedøving av oppdrettstorsk i kommersiell skala

Som kjent vil det 01-01-2010 komme et forbud mot bruk av karbon dioksid som bedøvelsesmiddel for fisk. I laksenæringen er det under utprøving ulike alternative metoder for bedøving av fisk. Målsetningen er at fisken skal bedøves raskt (1/2 sek er foreslåt t) og at bedøvelsen vedvarer inntil fiske...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Møre og Romsdal

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Electrical Stunning of Edible Crabs

I de senere år har det vært rettet større og større fokus på velferden hos akvatiske dyr. Dette har også kommet til å gjelde for tifotkreps som beskyttes av loven på lik linje med andre husdyr. I den forbindelse har Mattilsynet nedsatt en vitenskapelig ko mitee som skal vurdere velferden hos task...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Møre og Romsdal

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Properties of Calanus oil as nutritional supplement and functional food ingredient

Calanus® AS is a Norwegian biomarine company founded on competence on ecologically sustainable harvesting of Calanus finmarchicus and on scientific and technological expertise related to development, manufacture and use of health- and nutrition products. Despite its dominating role in the marin...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

OCEAN BIOPOWER - Farming seaweed for energy

Det er i dag økt etterspørsel etter biodrivstoff og samtidig økning i prisene på korn og vegetabilier på verdensmarkedet. Produksjonen av biodrivstoff i dag er basert på sukkerrør, mais og oljerike planter. Både den økte etterspørselen etter biodrivstoff og de økte prisene på matkilder, så vel so...

Awarded: NOK 0.80 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Optimal emballering og distribusjon av norsk sjømat (samfinprosjekt i BIA 194124 og i SMARTRANS 192744. Sam.prosj i Matprog: 194926 )

Marinepack 2010 vil fokusere på to hovedområder: I. Utviklling av fiberløsninger, primært for effektiv distribusjon i enheter på 3-20 kg av fersk rundrenset fisk og filet med minimal ismengde og kontroll på kjølekjede II. Utvikle emballasje- og distribu sjonssystemer for superkjøling i kombinas...

Awarded: NOK 10.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Buskerud

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Integrated coastal area management - Working out a framework for sustainable development

The conflicts regarding use of the coastal zone and adjacent waters are increasing, internationally as well as nationally. In Norway, new activities like tourism and recreation, conservation, aquaculture and industrial activities related to energy product ion compete with traditional use of space...

Awarded: NOK 18.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SUP-NHD-Strategiske UoH-progr.fin.NHD

iCod: integrative environmental genomics of cod (Gadus morhua)

The aim of this project is to develop a deeper understanding of transcriptional and translational responses of the cod genome to environmental insults, and integrating these into mechanistic insights using a systems biology approach. The project will expl oit established activities and competence...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Vestland

FORNY-3-Kommersialisering av FoUresultater

Verification of an autonomous sailing buoy for meteorological and oceanographic observations

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Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Optimalisering av kvalitet og markedstilpasning gjennom verdikjeden ved en helårsomsetning av levende kamskjell (Pecten maximus)

Prosjektets mål er å utvikle en lønnsom omsetning av levende håndplukkede kamskjell (Pecten maximus) med optimal kvalitet gjennom hele året. Prosjektet har en biologisk teknologisk del som omfatter forbedring av lagringdelen, og en markedsdel for promoter ing av norske håndplukkede kvalitetsskjel...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

MarinEra - Marine phylogeographic structuring during climate change: the signature of leading and rear edge of range shifting populations.

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Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Fish welfare assessment through brain function: Impacts of environmental stress on brain plasticity and behaviour

Developing reliable measures of fish welfare is a priority within Norway and the EU. Although fish welfare definitions vary, a key aim is to provide environments that minimize stressors that impact health and the animal?s mental function. In mammals, prol onged stress can affect brain function to...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

New tools for online overall assessment of rearing environment, stress level, and fish welfare in Atlantic salmon cage farms

The welfare of farmed fish has received increasing attention in recent years. Fish that thrive grow faster, are less sensitive to stress and less vulnerable to disease. In this project we propose a system for overall monitoring and assessment of rearing environment and fish welfare in sea cages...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Transmission routes and infection dynamics of salmonid alphavirus (SAV)

PD is an important cause of losses in salmonid aquaculture in Norway and has become a severe threat to the economy of the industry. Little is known about how the causal agent, SAV, is dispersed within and between sites. Knowledge about this will have larg e impact on the choice of strategies for ...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Akershus

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

PhD studies at Massachutes Institute of Tecnology (MIT) for Lise Doksæter

The project Low frequency acoustics- potentials and dangers for low frequency acoustics (LowFreq) (project number 184705, application number ES425816) was founded by the Norwegian Research Council in 2007. This project has a twofold aim; 1) testing the ef fect of low frequency, military sonars on...

Awarded: NOK 55,999

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Fishermen behvior with individual vessel quotas

During the last decade there have been a number of changes in the management of Norwegians fisheries resources. Individual vessel quotas have been introduced in most fisheries, and different programs have also enabled limited transferability of quota. Thi s has led to a number of new opportunitie...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Effects of dietary composition, rearing regimes and seasonal growth patterns on muscle softness and gaping in Atlantic salmon.

The primary objective for the present knowledge-building project is to reveal the causal mechanisms behind the fillet gaping and muscle softness, observed in Atlantic salmon. We will run experimental feeding trials, where the outcomes of the previous obje ctive will be combined with the state-of-...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Saccus vasculosus, neuroglobin, stress and welfare during slaughter of salmon

Slaughter of fish is not optimal from a welfare point of view. We lack understanding of the oxygen storage protein neuroglobin in the fish brain and the heme red proteins in the Saccus vasculosus. Present methods used to stun and slaughter fish: electrici ty, percussion, chilling and carbon dioxi...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Vestland

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

RBGRUNPRIM-L-Res.bas.grunnbev.prim.- landbruk

Grunnbevilgning RURALIS (tidl. Bygdeforskning)

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Awarded: NOK 111.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIOTEK2021-Bioteknologi for verdiskaping

Molecules for the future Novel enzyme activities from environmental libraries - MARZymes

Prosjektet har som mål å identifisere og utvikle enzymer for industriell anvendelse. Kilde til nye enzymer er marine bakterier fra kalde Arktiske og subarktiske farvann. Det er gjennom 3 tokt med FF Helmer Hansen samlet inn et stort materiale med prøver fra sediment, sjøvann og vev fra ulike bunn...

Awarded: NOK 35.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2015

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Development and use of DNA markers for increased viral resistance in Atlantic salmon breeding programmes

In this project, we seek to identify DNA markers associated with the two viral diseases Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis (IPN) and Pancreas Disease (PD), currently the most problematic diseases in European Atlantic salmon aquaculture. The IPN part of the st udy will build upon an earlier project in...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

GLOBEC 3rd OPEN SCIENCE MEETING

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Awarded: NOK 74,999

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

New feeding strategies for Atlantic halibut and cod larvae to increase the output of high quality juveniles in production systems

The aim of the project is to establish new feeding strategies for halibut and cod larvae in the live-prey stage to improve growth, survival and quality in production systems. The project is based on break-through results in a pilot study where we demonstr ated that by controlling diurnal light an...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Innovative use of bioactive marine ingredients as a strategy to sustain growth and health of Atlantic salmon and to improve flesh quality

- The present project will evaluate potential growth and health promoting compounds present in marine raw materials that are absent in plant protein sources. Most work on fish meal replacement has focused on essential amino acids and lipids, minerals and antinutritional compounds in plant protei...

Awarded: NOK 7.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Preventive health measure by optimizing swimming exercise to counteract lifestyle diseases of Atlantic salmon

This project aims to introduce preventive health measures in aquaculture by optimizing swimming exercise to counteract life-style diseases of A. salmon. Farmed salmon live on extreme energy-rich diets and are raised in an environment with little opportuni ty for physical challenges. Over the last...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Political-institutional change in China, the EU, India and USA and their consequences for Norwegian primary industry policies

The project is designed as a comparative case study. It should be noted, however, that the selection of cases is based on neither the "most similar", nor the "most different" strategy for case studies. China, India, the EU and USA are selected, not merely as cases, but because they are some of t...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Rogaland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Why do cod females become eggbound? Studies on possible causes and mechanisms

High mortality amoong female cod that are unable to release their eggs is a significant welfare, as well as economic, problem in the cod farming industry, both among broodstock and in ongrowth systems. The underlying causes for this mortality are not full y understood, and it is not clear if the ...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Vestland

MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

Phylogenetic microarrays and high-throughput sequencing: A new tool for biodiversity assessment in Northern Norway

Utslipp fra menneskelig aktivitet fører til endringer i en rekke økosystemer. Ofte oppdages ikke slike endringer før lenge etter omfattende tap av biodiversitet og store tiltak blir dermed nødvendig for å få på plass utbedringer, om det i det hele tatt er mulig. Utnyttelsen av tilgjengelige ressu...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2016

Location: Vestland