Funding agency: The Institute of Marine Research, North Sea Program.Project period: 2024-2028Project leader: Howard Browman and Alessandro CresciCo-investigators: Guosong Zhang, Anne Berit Skiftesvik, Caroline Durif Project deliverables1) Identification of the species of fish that will be vulnerable to OW impacts. Candidate species are cod, haddock, herring, mackerel, saithe, sandeel, among others.2) Quantification of the distance at which fish will be …
Linking empirical observations and biophysical models to assess anthropogenic impacts on marine populations
Funding agency: Institute of Marine Research, Marine Processes and Human Impact Program Project period: 2024 – 2028 Project leader: Howard Browman and Alessandro Cresci Co-investigators: Anne Berit Skiftesvik and Caroline Durif Project summary This is a long-term project in which we make behavioural and physiological observations of ichthyoplankton and zooplankton, in the laboratory and in situ, with the aim of …
ECOLUMP: Characterizing the migratory strategies of Atlantic lumpfish to improve stock assessment of this commercially important species
Funding agency: The Research Council of Norway, Oceans Program, Researcher Project for Scientific RenewalProject period: 2023-2028Project leader: Caroline Durif, with Co-PIs Anne Berit Skiftesvik, Alessandro Cresci, Howard Browman +++ Project summary The overall goal of ECOLUMP is to characterise potential subpopulations or ecotypes (hereafter only referred to as ecotypes) corresponding to different migratory strategies. To achieve this, we have outlined …
Understanding human-induced trophic cascades in coastal ecosystems (CASCADES)
Funding agency: The Research Council of Norway, Oceans Program, Researcher Project for Scientific RenewalProject period: 2023-2027Project leader: Arild Landa (NINA)Work package 1 – Ecological impacts of fishing pressure, participants: Kim Halvorsen, Anne Berit Skiftesvik, Marthe Ruud, Tore Strohmeier, Øystein Varpe (UiB), Steven Guidos (NINA) Project summary CASCADES seeks to further our understanding of how current fisheries for wrasse, which are …
Computer vision to expand monitoring and accelerate assessment of coastal fish (CoastVision)
Funding agency: The Research Council of Norway, Researcher Project for Scientific Renewal, Oceans ProgramProject period: 2021-2025Project leader: Kim HalvorsenProject participants: Tonje Knutsen Sørdalen, Morten Goodwin, Diana Perry, Suzanne Alonzo, Cigdem Beyan, Holly Kindsvater, Howard Browman, Anne Berit Skiftesvik, Vaneeda Allken, Ketil Malde, Kristian Knausgård Project summaryEffective monitoring and management of coastal ecosystems is limited by observation methods. Underwater cameras are …
Novel tools and knowledge for a future with no lice infestations in Norwegian aquaculture
Funding agency: The Research Council of Norway, Collaborative projects to meet challenges in society and business Program.Project period: 2021-2024Project leader: Nicholas Robinson (NOFIMA)Workpackage leader for semiochemical WP: Aleksei Krasnov (NOFIMA) – Howard Browman, Anne Berit Skiftesvik and David Fields are participants in this WP.Project summaryThe overall aim of this project is to identify compounds (semiochemicals) that are associated with Atlantic …
CrispResist – Harnessing cross-species variation in sea lice resistance to transform Norwegian salmon farming
Funding agency: Fiskeri- og havbruksnæringens forskningsfinansiering ASProject period: 2021-2024Project leader: Nicholas Robinson (NOFIMA)Workpackage leader for semiochemical WP: Aleksei Krasnov (NOFIMA) – Howard Browman, Anne Berit Skiftesvik and David Fields are participants in this WP.Project summaryElaborate and document the potential for utilising genetic traits and mechanisms of salmon lice resistance in Pacific salmon as tools to achieve an Atlantic salmon with …
Population dynamics of wild wrasse populations along the Norwegian coast
Funding agency: Institute of Marine Research, Coastal Ecosystems Program Project period: 2024 – 2028 Project Leaders: Anne Berit Skiftesvik and Kim Halvorsen Co-investigators: Howard Browman, Caroline Durif, Alessandro Cresci Project summary To assess the population dynamics and status of wrasse populations that are now exploited for use as cleanerfish on salmon farms.