Den blå bioøkonomien er et nasjonalt fortrinn – og Nord-Norge er selve motoren. Havet gir oss ikke bare mat, arbeidsplasser og eksportinntekter – det representerer også et unikt utgangspunkt for bærekraftig vekst og omstilling i norsk økonomi.
Fiskeri har alltid hatt en sterk og viktig posisjon i Nord-Norge. De siste 50 årene har oppdrett sakte med sikkert fått en enda større rolle for både sy
In May 2025 was the kick off meeting of the very exciting Sea4Health project funded by the Research Council of Norway/ Norges forskningsråd. This was a very interesting day where all project partners could meet, present their background and contribution to the project. Before the meeting started the participants could have a taste of a range of macroalgae products (Photo: Trude Borch/Akvaplan-n
Av Lars-Henrik Larsen, Akvaplan-niva
Det er hovedsakelig de som driver med dykking, fiske eller seiling og dermed har relevant utstyr, som er kjent med hvordan landskapet ser ut under havoverflaten. Havbunnen er ofte like kupert og variert som fjellene. Det foregår mye på havbunnen, alt etter hvordan bunntopografien er. Målinger og undersøkelser gir oss mulighet til å følge med på miljøtilstand
Environmentally sustainable industry operations require comprehensive ecosystem understanding, safe and effective monitoring technologies, and a reliable data archive for assessing risk and driving management strategies. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in sensitive Arctic regions where the knowledge base is incomplete, operational risk is high, and databases are fragmented and not user-f
Forskningsmiljøene utforsker nå kombinert bruk av fjernmåling og havdroner for å bygge kunnskap som kan effektivisere fisket etter lavtrofiske marine arter som fôr-ingrediens i oppdrettsnæringen.
Av Trude Borch, Akvaplan-niva
Økt matproduksjon fra havet
Bare 1 til 2 prosent av verdens proteinforbruk kommer fra havet, og for å sikre matforsyning til en voksende global befolkning er det nø
Observing air-sea interactions on a global scale is essential for improving Earth system forecasts. These exchanges are however challenging to quantify. The reasons for this are extreme conditions, remote and under-sampled locations, requirements for the study of a multitude of co-located variables, and high variability of fluxes in space and time. A new publication with contributions from Akvapla
Long cold winters, thick year-round sea-ice, and great distances from major logistics centers have kept many secrets regarding the status and processes of the central Arctic Ocean ecosystem. Occasional research cruises, remote sensing technology, models, and our imagination provided the basis for our understanding through the end of the 20th century. Longer navigation seasons due to reduced sea-ic
Text by Audrey Youjia Su
Large marine mammals are some of the most polluted animals on the planet. This is a result of a process known as biomagnification, where chemical pollutants get ingested by small marine organisms and build up in the fatty tissues of larger animals as they move up the food chain. Animals at the top of the chain, such as killer whales, can end up carrying over 100x the ha
A workshop to highlight the use of Calanus finmarchicus as a sustainable resource and ingredient for aquaculture feed took place at Akvaplan-niva January 29th. We invited Ole Petter Pedersen, Scientific Advisor to Calanus AS to discuss our EU funded project on the mapping of zooplankton Calanus. The company Calanus AS, holding the brand name Zooca, is a Norwegian first mover company which has deve
In the side event “License to Operate – The Arctic Energy Transition” at Arctic Frontiers 2025, stakeholders from across sectors joined forces to discuss the challenges lying ahead for the Arctic and the green transition of energy markets in a geopolitically challenging situation.
By Sverre Ole Drønen, UiB
The global energy transition is ongoing, but time is short, and stakes are high. Throu
This year Emerging Leader from Akvaplan-niva, Eirik Haugstvedt Henriksen, is born and raised in Tromsø and holds a PhD in biology from UiT The Arctic University of Norway. His expertise is on freshwater biology working with fish and parasite ecology. Eirik is fascinated by the way that parasites are embedded in food webs and provide information on the state and functioning of Arctic ecosystems. Fo
This year we at Akvaplan-niva started out the first day of the Arctic Frontiers conference arranging a side-event with NIVA, SINTEF Ocean and Ava Ocean. The event had two sub-themes and two panels, focusing on both kelp forest restoration and low-trophic blue economy. The background for the event is that one positive effect of climate change it that the Arctic can offer an increasing potential for
