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HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Impact of water-based drilling mud in the Barents Sea: a study using the epibenthic coral species Lophelia pertusa

The search for exploitable reserves of fossil fuels has now reached the Arctic regions and this will be accompanied by drilling operations. Current legislation by SFT strictly limits drilling discharges to that from the top hole sections in the Barents Se a. Discharges to the sea will be limited ...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Rogaland

SIPHINIFES-SIP ved HI

Ecological Processes and Impacts Governing the Resilience and Alternations in the Porsangerfjord and the Hardangerfjord (EPIGRAPH)

The Porsangerfjord: The coastal cod population in the Porsangerfjord has been at a low level over the recent two decades and low recruitment has hampered recovery. The kelp forests, anticipated to be important nursery grounds for juvenile cod, has been er adicated over the recent three decades du...

Awarded: NOK 15.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Modeling benthic consumption, advection, and carbon subsidies in the Barents Sea

Benthic communities play important roles in the processing of organic carbon on Arctic shelves. These roles affect nutrient availability for phytoplankton; food supply for benthic-feeding fish, seabirds, and mammals; and long-term storage of carbon in sed iments. The dynamic nature and pronounced...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Assessing the marine fish diversity of Jan Mayen and adjacent waters towards the 2010 Norwegian Red List

The recent version of the Norwegian Red List was published in 2006. Jan Mayen and its adjacent waters is the only Norwegian Territory in the Northern Hemisphere which is not included. An update of the Norwegian Red List is due in 2010, with the aim to inc lude also the area around Jan Mayen. Lit...

Awarded: NOK 0.32 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Optimal smolt production and post smolt performance in the High North - Seawater intermixing, low temperatures and intensive rearing -

This project proposal intends to investigate various aspects of production strategies of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) smolt in Northern-Norway that can make this region self-sufficient with smolts, and contribute to improved survival, growth, health, and low risk of winter ulcer outbreaks in ...

Awarded: NOK 7.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Climate Change and the Impacts on Farming of Salmon in the Coastal Areas of Norway

Global warming is expected to affect the ecosystem in the Northeast Atlantic. The objective of the project is to analyze the potential economic and organizational effect changes in sea temperature may have on the Norwegian salmon farming industry. The pri mal R&D challenge is to model the causal ...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

"Nutrient tunnelling" and other alternative pathways for mineral nutrients through the microbial food web to copepods.

For more than a century, one of the fundamental challenges in marine sciences has been to understand the structure and function of pelagic food webs. During the past two decades, with the recognition of the importance of microorganisms, much of this resea rch has been directed towards understandi...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Resirkulering av salt ved produksjon av saltfisk og klippfisk (188195)

I 2006 ble det eksportert salt- og klippfiskprodukter av torsk og sei for nærmere 3,7 milliarder kroner. Statistikken over norsk sjømateksport viser at klippfisk av torsk kun overgås av fersk rund laks når det gjelder eksportverdi. Selv om næringen er meg et stor både i verdi og volum, så er konk...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

VRI-Virkemidler for regional innovasjon

Innovasjon gjennom samhandling. En komparativ studie av klyngene i VRI Nordland

Prosjektet er utformet som følgeforskning av aktiviteten skissert i VRI Nordland. Gjennom å studere VRI-prosessene i de tre næringsklyngene, utvikles kunnskap relevant for hver av klyngene og for framtidig utvikling av nye næringsklynger med FoU og innov asjon som fokus. Designet vil være kompar...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Growth, maturation and flesh quality control in on-growing Atlantic cod in the North Norway region

The proposed project aims at optimizing conditions during the on-growing phase of Atlantic cod and improving flesh quality of the end product. The effect of photoperiod in combination with feed cycling on maturation, and the underlying endocrine mechanism s involved, will be thoroughly investigat...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Toxicity of acute oil discharges to cod larvae - Relative contribution of oil droplets, water soluble fraction, and photosensitization

The main objective of this project is to provide parameterised data on the toxicity of oil in water dispersions to fish larvae toxicity, using cod fry as the main target in order to: 1. Determine the relative contribution to acute toxicity from the dissol ved and particulate phase of dispersed oi...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Evaluation of existing barriers for safeguarding against escapees from salmon hatcheries and identify the ones suited for further developmen

From the FIST application a pilot project evaluating existing escape barriers for safeguarding salmon hatcheries and identifying the ones suited for further development will be conducted. The issues are covered mainly by a revised WP 1. A more detailed b ackground was given in the original appli...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Low Salt Products

All aktivitet i prosjektet er avsluttet med unntak av Kirsti Greiffs PhD-arbeid. Avhandligen skal etter planen leveres juni 2015. Den første artikkelen er godkjent, artikkel nr to sendes inn ila august. Artikkel nummer tre og fire skal sendes inn til vitenskapelige tidsskrift i løpet av høsten. I...

Awarded: NOK 11.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

Variability among populations of wild and farmed Atlantic salmon - morphology and genetics

Morphological comparisons of farmed and wild stocks of Atlantic salmon have shown that it is possible to discriminate between stocks by using morphological characters. We will use this method to characterise juvenile Atlantic salmon in wild populations th at experience different intrusion rates o...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

UTRED-Utredning

Oppfølging av kartleggingene av marin FoU og havbruksforskning 2007

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Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Molecular characterisation of Atlantic salmon gut microbiota with changing diet formulations: gut health, performance and disease resistance

Over recent years there has been increasing focus on the replacement of fish meal with plant proteins in salmon diets to improve sustainability of operations. When fed to Atlantic salmon, significant differences in growth performance between these plant p rotein sources (and compared to fishmeal)...

Awarded: NOK 6.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Developing the next generation of oral vaccines for salmonids using plastids in plants

The following programme will develop a new concept of oral vaccines for fish using plastids as bio-factories in plants. The technology will allow the insertion of any gene or combination of genes into a plant plastid genome, resulting in a high level prot ein expression (approx 20% of total cellu...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Tidally-induced turbulent mixing in a silled fjord

Essential regions of the marine ecosystems along the coast of Norway are situated inside fjords. Further, a large number of aquaculture facilities are found in fjords, and fjords make up a recreational area for millions of Norwegians. With a few exceptio ns, Norwegian fjords include a sill near ...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

The CIGENE node of the Norwegian Sequencing and Genotyping Service Platform

CIGENE's mandate in the FUGE I period has been to: A. Establish and maintain a national core facility providing: (i) - a high-throughput SNP-typing service for human, animal, plant and microbial materials, (ii) - key competence concerning identification a nd methodological integration of experime...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Local NOR-MIC BioImaging node at the University of Tromsø

At the University of Tromsø we now establish a core facility for BioImaging. This core facility will be equipped with instruments aimed at imaging, flow cytometri, cell sorting and plate/membrane readers of fluorescent and chemiluminescent signals. For th is core facility we will have two full-ti...

Awarded: NOK 0.45 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

GNBIO-Grunnleggende næringsrettet bioteknologi

Development of assays for diagnostics of viral diseases in farmed salmon: New tools for disease control based on host-pathogen interaction

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Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

A NATIONAL SERVICE PLATFORM FOR GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF GENOME STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: THE NORWEGIAN MICROARRAY CONSORTIUM

The FUGE Microarray Platform is run by the Norwegian Microarray Consortium (NMC), based on a formal institutional collaboration between RR/UiO, NTNU, and UiB. We offer in-house production of standard and custom arrays, expression and genomic profiling ser vices (RNA or DNA in-DATA out) with diffe...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

The Bioinformatics Platform in the FUGE2 programme

The FUGE 2 Bioinformatics platform is designed in direct response to the demand for increased use of bioinformatics from the FUGE 1 evaluation. The platform will provide state of the art research based services in theoretical and applied bioinformatics to Norwegian research groups, in close coll...

Awarded: NOK 26.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

A proteomics node at Ås campus

As part of the NorProteomics FUGE network, Ås campus will develop expertise in the areas listed below and make this expertise available to on-campus and off-campus projects. Our key areas are: 1. Proteomics in difficult matrices, primarily related to food chemistry (meat, cereals; i.e. analysis ...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Norwegian Molecular Imaging Consortium - Subnode: Subcellular interactions and imaging - NTNU

Knowledge about protein-protein interactions as well as interactions between other molecules is of critical importance for functional genomics. By providing the state-of-the-art technologies to study inter-and intramolecular interactions, the national res earch community will be able to move func...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

A National Service Platform for Global Analysis of Genome Structure and Function. The Norwegian Microarray Consortium (NMC)

Awarded: NOK 9.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Quantitative and population genetic models for the effect of escaped farmed salmon on genetic variation and fitness in wild population

The overall aim of the project is to advance the understanding of evolutionary and demographic effects of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon on wild salmon populations using and extending existing mathematical models. Artificial selection for increased gro wth performance in farmed salmon have led...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Vibriosis and furunculosis vaccines for Atlantic cod: efficacy, protective antigens and specific immune responses

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is an upcoming marine species in Norwegian fish farming industry. Bacterial diseases as vibriosis and furunculosis, are causing problems and efficient vaccines will be crucial in order to develop a sustainable industry. Today, most cod juveniles are vaccinated against ...

Awarded: NOK 7.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Habitat restoration in overgrazed areas on the northern Norwegian coast

The principal objective is to test the hypotheses that former kelp forests that were grazed by sea urchins can be restored by artificially re-introduce three-dimensional habitats. This may promote colonisation of sea urchin predators that may reduce recru itment of sea urchin populations and indu...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Low-frequency acoustics - potentials and dangers for marine ecosystem application

Low frequency acoustics from hundreds of Hz to 10 kHz includes the range for Navy sonars and have recently been tested assessing the distribution, density, and behaviour of pelagic fish. These frequencies are within the hearing range of fish and marine ma mmals. Operation at these frequencies may...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Vestland

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