Responsibility
Project seeks to ‘fill knowledge gaps’ about potential toxins in kelp and seaweed
Nofima scientists aim to expand knowledge of potentially toxic elements in cultivated sugar kelp and wild-harvested kelp and seaweed.
Health & Welfare
Vision quest: Behind Norwegian researchers’ high-tech approach to fish welfare assessments
Nofima's DeepVision project explores how hyperspectral cameras can improve the speed and accuracy of fish welfare assessments in aquaculture.
Intelligence
Nofima develops fast tests for fatty-acid composition in salmon fillets
Norwegian research institute Nofima has developed methods for the rapid measurement of omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA in salmon fillets.
Health & Welfare
Scientists develop genomic selection tool to boost farmed cod production
Scientists have developed a genomic selection tool that can lift cod breeding from family to individual selection, increasing genetic gain.
Intelligence
Supercooling Norwegian salmon before transport could save industry millions
Supercooling Norwegian salmon could save the industry $150 million annually in transport costs, says a Nofima report.
Intelligence
The color of salmon: How fish farmers can add value by focusing on pigmentation
Are Norwegian salmon fillets getting paler? Researchers there are poring over pigmentation data to find commonalities in the color of salmon.
Responsibility
Could a new ‘spill box’ tool lead to zero fish feed waste in land-based aquaculture facilities?
A new tool called the "spill box" separates uneaten fish feed from the aquaculture wastewater so it can be recycled back to the salmon.
Aquafeeds
Aquaterra’s canola oil improves salmon fillet quality in Nofima trials
Aquaterra® Advanced Omega-3 canola oil is shown to improve the visual and nutritional quality of farmed salmon when included in their diets.
Health & Welfare
Health test for salmon smolt may improve survival chances
Nofima scientists have developed a test that measures the immune status of salmon smolt that could increase the smolts’ chances of survival.
Health & Welfare
Gene editing eyed as a potential sea lice solution
A Nofima-led study is exploring the possibilities of using gene editing to make salmon more resistant to sea lice.
Aquafeeds
Report: More Norwegian salmon feed producers are using novel fish feed ingredients
A Nofima report reveals that Norwegian salmon feed producers have started to use novel fish feed ingredients.
Intelligence
Study: Adapting UV light dosage to pathogen could reduce energy costs for aquaculture
A new study from Nofima shows that adapting the UV light dosage to the pathogen is effective and could reduce energy costs for aquaculture facilities.
Health & Welfare
Nofima unlocks ‘promising’ method for sterilizing farmed salmon at embryotic stage
A new technique for sterilizing farmed salmon at the embryonic stage could limit the impact of escaped farmed salmon in rivers.
Aquafeeds
Nofima identifies optimal feed components for the sea lice cleaner fish ballan wrasse
A Nofima study has identified key feed components for ballan wrasse, a sea lice cleaner fish important to Norway's salmon industry.
Responsibility
Undervalued and invasive species hold value for products consumers want, say researchers
BlueCC is developing ways to use undervalued and invasive species to manufacture consumer products like cosmetics and dietary supplements.
Responsibility
Norwegian researchers addressing climate change-related stress
Nofima is developing a methodology to help aquaculture understand climate-change-related stress for species like cod, salmon and lumpfish.