COVERAGE OF OUR RESEARCH IN THE MASS MEDIA
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12 April 2023 – Alessandro Cresci‘s work to address the question of how fish larvae will react to the noise generated by offshore wind turbines was covered by Hakai Magazine.
Read the article in Hakai Magazine
Read a story about the article by the Institute of Marine Research
Read the press release about the study
Read the article in Communications Biology
4 November 2021 – Caroline Durif’s article, “A unifying hypothesis for the spawning migrations of temperate anguillid eels on eel migration“, is covered by The Economist magazine. Read the story HERE. Read the press release.
November 2019 – Alessandro’s latest article is published,
Alessandro Cresci, C. M. F. Durif, C. B. Paris, C. Thompson, S. Shema, A. B. Skiftesvik and H. I. Browman. 2019. The relationship between the moon cycle and the orientation of glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) at sea. Royal Society Open Science 6: 190812, doi: 10.1098/rsos.190812.
Read the article
Read stories on Mongabay, in Science et Vie (in French) and in Focus (in Italian).
8 October 2019 – Alessandro’s latest article is published in the Nature-Springer journal, Communications Biology and is covered by the news media.
Cresci, A, C.B. Paris, C.M.F. Durif, S. Shema, C. Thompson, R. Bjelland, A.B. Skiftesvik & H.I. Browman. 2019. Glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) imprint the magnetic direction of tidal currents from their juvenile estuaries. Communications Biology (2019) 2:366. | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0619-8.
Read the article
Read the press release
Read an article about the work in New Scientist
1 October 2019 – Whether tiny haddock larvae let themselves be carried around by ocean currents or actively migrate was unknown – until now. They use the earth’s magnetic field to orient! Check out our new article in iScience and some of the coverage that it is getting in the media.
Cresci, A., C.B. Paris, M.A. Foretich, C.M.F. Durif, S. Shema, C.J. E. O’Brien, F.B. Vikebø, A.B. Skiftesvik, & H.I. Browman. 2019. Atlantic haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) larvae have a magnetic compass that guides their orientation. iScience. 19, 27 September 2019, Pages 1173-1178,
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.09.001.
Read the paper
Read the press release
Read some news stories about the work – English story 1 – Hakai Magazine story – Norwegian story 1 – Norwegian story 2
7 August 2019 – An article on this theme by the Team was published today in the ICES Journal of Marine Science as an Editor’s Choice article.
Fields, D.M., N.O. Handegard, J. Dalen, C. Eichner, K. Malde, Ø. Karlsen, A.B. Skiftesvik, C.M.F. Durif & H.I. Browman. 2019. Airgun blasts used in marine seismic surveys have limited effects on mortality, and no sub-lethal effects on behaviour or gene expression, in the copepod Calanus finmarchicus. ICES Journal of Marine Science. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsz126
The article can be downloaded HERE.
The Editor’s Choice summary can be viewed HERE.
News stories about the article are HERE (in English), HERE (in Norwegian), HERE (in Norwegian), and HERE (in Norwegian).
Skiftesvik, A.B., R. Bjelland, C. Durif, K. Halvorsen, D. Fields, E. Loew & H. Browman (2018). Lys og rensefisk. Norsk Fiskeoppdrett 12, 2018: 42-55.
Read the article (in Norwegian).
3 October 2018 – Alessandro Cresci‘s recent article – Cresci, A., Samuelsen, O. B., Durif, C. M., Bjelland, R. M., Skiftesvik, A. B., Browman, H. I., & Agnalt, A. L. (2018). Exposure to teflubenzuron negatively impacts exploratory behavior, learning and activity of juvenile European lobster (Homarus gammarus). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 160, 216-221. – was covered as a news story by our institute. Read the news story HERE (in Norwegian, HERE) and the article, HERE.
Alessandro Cresci preparing the lobster raceway for an experiment
Kim Havlorsen and the Team’s developing research project on using machine learning to autmoatically identify individual fish using their unique facial markings was covered in stories by our Institute (HERE) and the industry magazine Tekfisk (HERE – in Norwegian).
4 November 2017 – Anne Berit Skiftesvik is interviewed for an article appearing in Bergens Tidende about coastal zoning for the wrasse (cleanerfish) fishery, including the possibility of only fishing within one zone every three years (=fallowing). Read the article HERE (in Norwegian).
25 October 2017 – Anne Berit Skiftesvik was interviewed for a story about the coastal fishery for wrasses. Read the article HERE (in Norwegian).
7 September 2017 – An article (in Norwegian) about the team’s work to map cleanerfish populations appeared in the newspaper Marsteinen. Read it HERE.
22 August 2017 – HERE is an article, and video, about the Team’s work (led by Caroline Durif) on population dynamics of the European eel in Norwegian waters (in Norwegian). The opening of a small-scale (20 tons) eel fishery in Norway in support of this research – in collaboration with 29 fishers – was reported on by the Norwegian trade magazine Fiskeribladet. That story can be read HERE (in Norwegian).
July 2017 – An article (in Norwegian) about the team’s field work on cleanerfish (wrasse) populations appeared in the trade magazine, Maritimt Magasin. Read it HERE.
12 June 2017 – An article about Alessandro Cresci’s work appeared in forskning.no.
Read the article HERE.
The article was also covered by 10 other news agencies – see the coverage HERE.
Here is the article on which the story is based:
Cresci, A, C.B. Paris, C.M.F. Durif, S. Shema, R. Bjelland, A.B. Skiftesvik & H.I. Browman. 2017. Glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) have a magnetic compass linked to the tidal cycle. Science Advances 3: e1602007, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602007.
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9 June 2017 – An article about Alessandro Cresci’s work appeared in the New York Times.
Read the article HERE.
The article was also covered by 10 other news agencies – see the coverage HERE.
Here is the article on which the story is based:
Cresci, A, C.B. Paris, C.M.F. Durif, S. Shema, R. Bjelland, A.B. Skiftesvik & H.I. Browman. 2017. Glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) have a magnetic compass linked to the tidal cycle. Science Advances 3: e1602007, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602007.
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26 April 2017 – An article about Gustavo Nunez’s work with us on salmon lice was published in the trade magazine Salmon Expert. Gustavo is a Ph.D. student from Cristian Gallardo’s laboratory in Chile. Read the article HERE (note that it is in Spanish).
24 March 2017 – An article about Kim Halvorsen’s work with cleanerfish (wrasses) appeared in New Scientist. Read the article HERE.
7 February 2017 – An article in KYST.NO about Kim Halvorsen’s Ph.D. work on wrasses. Click HERE to read the article (note that it is in Norwegian).
30 September 2016 – An article about our work to develop a salmon lice trap appeared in KYST.NO. Click HERE to read the article (note that it is in Norwegian).
16 June 2016 – An article about our work with cleanerfish (wrasses) appeared in KYST.NO. Click HERE to read the story (note that it is in Norwegian).
18 March 2015 – Kim Halvorsen wrote an article in the newspaper Aftenposten about some of our work with clearnerfish (wrasses). Read the article HERE (note that it is in Norwegian).
29 January 2015 – Caroline Durif was interviewed by the local newspaper, Marsteinen, about our work with European eel. Read the article by clicking HERE (note that it is in Norwegian).
7 September 2014 – Caroline Durif and Anne Berit Skiftesvik wrote an article on our European eel research that appeared in Bergen Tidende. Read the article HERE (note that it is in Norwegian).
25 October 2013 – Anne Berit Skiftesvik and Stein Mortensen wrote a column about the use of wrasse to control salmon lice on salmon farms that appeared in the daily newspaper, Bergens Tidende. Click HERE to read the article (note that it is in Norwegian)
Summer 2013 – Our team contributed a series of articles on the wrasses that are used to control salmon lice on salmon farms to the summer 2013 issue of the Norwegian aquaculture industry trade magazine, Norsk Fiskeoppdrett. Click HERE to read the articles (note that they are in Norwegian).
15 March 2013 – Caroline Durif et al.’s article on magnetic compass orientation as the basis for the long distance migration of the European eel was covered in a blog post by PLOS. – read it HERE. The article itself, Durif, C.M.F., J. Phillips, A.B. Skiftesvik, L.A. Vøllestad, H.H. Stockhausen & H.I. BROWMAN. 2013. Magnetic compass orientation in the European eel. PLOS ONE 8(39:e59212, can be viewed HERE.
Using cleaner-wrasse to remove salmon lice. Is a textbook “box” based on an interview with Anne Berit Skiftesvik appearing in Kaiser, M.J., M.J. Attrill, S. Jennings, D.N. Thomas, D.K.A. Barnes. 2011. Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts. Oxford University Press. pp: 95-397. Click HERE to read the text.
2 August 2010 – News article about our work with cleanerfish (wrasses) appearing in KYST.NO. Read the article HERE (note that it is in Norwegian).
12 July 2010 – News article about our work with cleanerfish (wrasses) appearing in KYST.NO. Read the article HERE (note that it is in Norwegian).
Caroline Durif’s work on the sensory basis for the long distance migration of the European eel was covered by the Norwegian science magazine, Forskning.no. The article, Det ål-timate navigasjonssystemet, appeared in March 2010 and was picked up by several national newspapers.
Det ål-timate navigasjonssystemet is a popular article about our eel navigation project appearing in March 2010 in Forskning.no and picked up by numerous national newspapers. Click HERE to read the article (note that it is in Norwegian).
1 December 2006 – “Micro-diet research held up because of lack of funding” is an article on our work (by freelance journalist Bernadette Tournay) appearing in the trade magazine Fish Farming International. Click HERE to read the article.
January/February 2003 – “Designing improved feeds for marine fish larvae” is an article on our work (by freelance journalist Jens Kyed) appearing in the trade magazine Hatchery International. Click HERE to read the article.
TELEVISION & RADIO
12 November 2020. Kim Halvorsen and Tonje Knutsen Sørdalen’s work on tracking individual fish using machine learned facial recognition is covered by Norwegian National Television Network.
Read the story (in Norwegian)
See the video interview (in Norwegian)
1 November 2019. Alessandro Cresci was interviewed by CBC (Canada) Radio about his work with us on the sensory ecology of migration in European glass eels. Read the story, and listen to the interview, HERE. And read a story about the work in the Italian magazine, Focus (in Italian).
2013: Arctic ocean acidification – expert contributor to video documentary produced as a summary of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program’s Arctic Ocean Acidification Assessment.
Howard Browman contributed to this film about ocean acidification in the Arctic. The film supports the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program’s white paper, Arctic Ocean Acidification Assessment (November 2013), which you will find for download on our Books and edited volumes page.
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2012: “Kjenner lusa på gangen” – is a video about our lice trap development project in cooperation with Eker Design and the Norwegian Design Council presented by Bård Eker at Norwegian Design Day 2012.
Click HERE to watch the video and HERE to read a news item from November 2011 about the project (note that both are mostly in Norwegian).
2004: German science documentary on aquaculture research
2002: Skrodinger’s Kat (Norwegian science show): story on salmon lice research.
1997: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: radio interview about ultraviolet radiation research.