Publikasjoner

Since 2017, the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) has operated a telemetry network in Bakkasund, Austevoll, where we tag approximately 50 cod annually, to spatially and temporally monitor their movements. These data has been used both to understand the natural distribution of the fish in the area t...

Environmental monitoring of the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) ecosystem off the South Orkney Islands has been conducted annually by the Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway, since 2011. The survey integrates hydroacoustic measurements, biological sampling, and ecosystem observations to a...

The monitoring programme for visible parasites in wild-catch fishery products from Norwegian processing plants in 2025 showed that approximately one third of 321 examined products contained visible parasites, and that around one fifth were obviously contaminated. The most important parasites we...

This report summarises the results of monitoring illegal substances, veterinary medicinal products, and contaminants in Norwegian farmed fish in 2025. In total, 1913 fillet samples of farmed fish were analysed. Samples were collected by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) as part of the offic...

The 2026 Joint IMR-VNIRO Winter Survey took place from 24 January–16 March and achieved good spatial coverage of the target species distributions. The total acoustic echo abundance of cod and haddock has been below the long-term (1994-2026) mean since 2020, but since 2022 cod has had a ...

Denne rapporten vurderer i hvilken grad aktuelle kandidater for OECM (Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures) i norske havområder oppfyller kriteriene om bevaringseffektivitet (C1) og betydning for biologisk mangfold (C3). Vurderingene er basert på internasjonalt anerkjent...