Projects

PELAGIC – Plankton size and planktivore competition along the Norwegian coast and fjords: ecological implications of warmer and darker waters.

The GEcoKelp project, focussed on Norwegian kelp forests, aims to understand the effects of multiple stressors, including climate change and human activities on kelp forests from the genomic to the ecosystem level.

The NORSE project focuses on eelgrass meadows, which are important coastal ecosystems that are threatened by intensive human activity.

Skagerrak and Kattegat - two corners of our seas strongly impacted by human activities after centuries of use. How are these areas affected by the loss of large predatory fish such as cod, halibut, and sharks that used to roam our fjords and coastal areas? How has the ecosystem been affected when those who used to control it from the top have largely disappeared? And what happens when they are given the opportunity to return?

Climate change and impact on critical contaminants and lipids in Arctic Seafood. 

The UN decade’s most pressing need is to find scientifically based management solutions to the existing and future challenges that the ocean, and thus humankind, faces. 

"Sharks on the Move" is a collaborative research project funded by The Research Council of Norway between 2021-2025. It aims to understand the movement behaviour and space-use in migratory sharks to inform ecosystem-based management in Norwegian waters and beyond in times of global change.

25 partners from European research and industry are collaborating to cultivate seaweed and mussels at three pilot facilities in Europe: two existing offshore wind farms and one rainbow trout aquaculture facility.

Computer vision to expand monitoring and accelerate assessment of coastal fish (CoastVision)

CRIMAC will improve and automate the interpretation of data and images from modern broadband acoustics on research vessels and fishing boats by using cruises and experimental field research, artificial intelligence, drones and inspection technology. 

LoVeOcean is a national infrastructure project located outside Lofoten–Vesterålen. 

Lofoten–Vesterålen Marine Observatory (LoVe) will send continuous real-time data from a fixed area, which can eventually be used to create long time series. 

An open network, with five Copernicus Relays, with a coordinating function on local, regional, cluster and national levels.

The Norwegian Fishery Forum for Development Cooperation is an informal forum for cooperation between Norwegian institutions involved in or with interests in projects with assistance to the fishery sector in developing countries. 

WGIBAR conducts and develops integrated ecosystem assessments for the Barents Sea as part of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management.

MAREANO maps depth and topography, sediment composition, contaminants, biotopes and habitats in Norwegian waters. The results of the surveys are available on this website, visualised through maps. A number of our partners also supply data and maps from their own studies.

NorArgo2 is an observation system for the northern seas that consists of oceanographic battery powered floats, Argo floats.

An open source approach to acoustic and swept area survey calculations