Questioning the Direction of Fish and Aquaculture Research in Europe
NORWAY - Norwegian fish and aquaculture research centre Nofima is heading a European research project aimed at providing answers about whether fisheries and aquaculture research is on track.

Minister officially opens Nofima
NORWAY - Although Nofima has now been operating for several months, the smell of gun powder from the starter's pistol wafted in the Troms? air on Wednesday.

Boost for Norwegian Salmon Exports
NORWAY - Moves for a free trade agreement between Norway and China are expected to increase not only exports of salmon to China but also knowledge about the product.

All Processing Going Overseas?
NORWAY - Norway imports increasingly more of the seafood it consume and new figures from Nofima show that less people are employed in the fish processing industry here in the country.

Cermaq Reports First Quarter Loss
NORWAY - Norwegian fish farming group Cermaq has reported a first quarter loss NOK 10.6 million.

Salmon get Training Tips from Football
NORWAY - What do juvenile salmon and Spanish football team Barcelona have in common? Both use intensive training to improve their form. The head coach is a Nofima scientist - and the training is healthy for fish too.

Salmon 'Dog' - Healthy But Not Fishy
NORWAY - Around NOK 40 million has been invested in developing an alternative hot dog. It is made of salmon but does not taste of fish.

Fewer Escapes Re-affirms Industry's Commitment
NORWAY - Norwegian authorities says that the number of farmed fish escapes has fallen by at least 50 per cent in the past year.

Urchin Adventure - Science Advances 'Delicacy' Production
NORWAY - Farming of sea urchins is in the wind - and there are already several Norwegian sea urchin farmers. Over a period of many years, Nofima scientists have acquired knowledge that now makes sea urchin farming possible.

Breeding Can Reduce Lice
NORWAY - Some salmon are more easily infested with salmon lice than others. Utilising this in the breeding of farmed salmon can save millions and reduce the infestation pressure of salmon lice among wild salmonids.

WWF and Marine Harvest: Team Up
NORWAY - WWF-Norway and Marine Harvest (MH) have joined forces in a biod to reduce the environmental impact and ecological footprint of aquaculture.

Skretting Start Trails with Sea Lice Nutraceutical
NORWAY - The world's largest manufacture of salmon and trout feed has is ploughing NOK6 million into a deal with Calanus AS to develop a nutritional product that could counteract sea-lice infestation in farmed fish.

Enrichment Better Matches Natural Diet and Ups Cod Survival
NORWAY - Feeding cod larvae rotifers enriched with iodine and selenium can benefit survival rates and improve performance, says a new study at the Norwegian National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES)

Funding Boost for Fish Vaccine Research
NORWAY - A Norwegian-Indian research project on the development of new fish vaccines has been awarded NOK 44 million. The project will run for four years and the consortium will collaborate with seven extremely competent Indian research institutions.

International Interest in Farmed Cod
NORWAY - The underwater camera captures the cod's movement on film. German TV is visiting the National Cod Breeding Centre. The aquaculture research community in Troms? is generating international attention.

Healthier Salt in Fish Processing
NORWAY - Replace traditional salt in fish processing with a healthier alternative. Scientist Rune Larsen makes this suggestion in his PhD dissertation.

Sea Urchin Super-Diet Aids Improvements to Feed Quality
NORWAY - A new customised dry feed for sea urchins has generated international attention. Scientists at Nofima are now working on reducing production costs and adapting the formulation for large-scale production.

Traditional Fish with Cult Potential?
NORWAY - Environmental challenges, health consciousness and changes in eating habits have sent the herring and mackerel industry back to the drawing board. The fish must appeal to the brain and the heart.

Camera Gives Clarity to Grading Systems
NORWAY - The fish-processing industry could gain huge costs savings and enhanced quality control from a newly engineered, computer controlled automatic salmon grading system

Big interest in new feed
NORWAY - A new shrimp larvae feed is making waves in the aquaculture feed business.

You Are What You Eat
NORWAY - When the diets of farmed fish are altered, the food we ingest also changes.

Genetic Discovey Will Produce Healthier Farmed Fish
NORWAY - Norwegian researchers have identified a gene that controls a the fish's susceptibility to infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN), a viral disease which has cost Norwegian aquaculture great losses.

Survey: Why Young People Don't Choose Fish
NORWAY - Seafood is healthy so why don't young adults living alone buy and eat fish? What needs to be done to encourage families with young children to eat more fish ? These are just some of the questions Nofima is aiming to address.

Salmon Enzymes: Possibilities in Food Preservation
NORWAY - The bacteria-killing enzyme from salmon can have a new career as a food preservative, Nofima scientists have discovered.

Cod Will Eat in the Dark
NORWAY - Unlike other fry, cod stock grows quicker when it is fed in the dark, says new research findings published at the Nofima show.