Freshwater ecology and management of wild salmon
We cooperate with environmental authorities and hydropower companies on how to ensure sustainable stocks of wild fish and implement measures such as environmental flood protection. We conduct research, monitoring, measures and investigations into freshwater ecology and have over 50 years of experience, including special expertise in salmon fishing (salmon, sea trout, freshwater trout) and benthic fauna, and on the environmental conditions that must be in place for these species to have sustainable populations.
Extensive experience of environmental monitoring
We carry out environmental monitoring and map environmental change in rivers, fjords and sea areas. Through our mapping of environmental change over time, 30-year data series have been developed, which are also used to model ocean currents for the optimal placement of fish farms, recommend times for delousing at the facilities, as well as assist the oil sector.
In other projects we are researching new feed sources for farmed salmon, while also developing industrial enzymes that the marine product industry needs to increase the value of residual raw materials.
We acquire knowledge about the antibiotic resistance genes that are present in the environment and how this affects human and animal health (one-health perspective).
We have laboratories in Bergen, Tromsø and Stavanger with effective analytical tools for resolving the challenges faced by society and industry in addressing, for example, marine plastic litter.
